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Cypraea annulus
Gold Ring Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Pedro de Mesa; ThaanumPedro de Mesa →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1937
- Locality
- Philippines; Mindoro, Lubang Island
- Region
- Philippines
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Monetaria annulus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1937. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,280 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
N2, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
(c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Emangusi, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
(c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Hastings Point NSW 2489, Australia
(c) Eddie Bedi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Baie des citrons, sud, Nouméa
(c) Carole BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea annulus. BPBM 232002. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36267826. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232002.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36267826 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026