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Cypraea helvola
Honey Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- D. B. Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1914
- Locality
- Honolulu; Quarantine Island
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Naria helvola observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1914. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 163 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-05
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) rathbunjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Puako, HI 96743, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Puako, HI 96743, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-22
Maui, Kīhei, HI, US
(c) kmforest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea helvola. BPBM 231748. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36281598. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231748.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36281598 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026