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Cypraea maculifera
Reticulated Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Dr. C. M. Burgess; ThaanumC.M. Pat Burgess →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1941
- Locality
- Hanalei District; Hanalei
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 22.2047, -159.4811 ± 3,224 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Mauritia maculifera observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1941. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-13.
2026-07-13
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) hedgehog-in-the-fog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-13
Haena, HI 96746, USA
(c) treborsirrah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-05
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) barretoa15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-07-23
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Mason Salem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-07-03
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Emily T, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2023-03-31
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) jvelander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea maculifera. BPBM 231837. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36280299. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231837.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36280299 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026