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Cypraea talpa
Mole Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Dranga & Thaanum; ThaanumDranga →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1936
- Locality
- Fort Kamehameha
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Talparia talpa observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1936. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-06.
2026-07-06
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-11
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-03-16
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-10
Hale'iwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-22
Hale'iwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-12-18
Hawaii, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea talpa. BPBM 231910. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293341. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/231910.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36293341 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026