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Cypraea maculifera
Reticulated Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Louis Bell; ThaanumLewis W. Bell →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1939
- Locality
- Waianae; Makua
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5335, -158.2303
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Mauritia maculifera observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 63 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-13.
2026-10-13
Waialua, HI 96791, USA
no rights reserved
2026-04-13
North Pacific Ocean, Waialua, HI, US
(c) Griselda Martinez Romero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-08
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-01-02
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-17
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-19
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea maculifera. BPBM 231838. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36280295. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231838.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36280295 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026