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Cypraea annulus
Gold Ring Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- D. B. Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- April 4, 1945
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Chatan
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On April 4, 1945, D. B. Langford; Thaanum also collected 3 other specimens.
Monetaria annulus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,285 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
Bali, ID
(c) Ellie Kinane, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
N2, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
(c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Caloundra
(c) Australasian Aquatic Survey and Assessment, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-10-25
Emangusi, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
(c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
日本、〒649-3143 和歌山県西牟婁郡すさみ町里野
(c) Yomogi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea annulus. BPBM 232008. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36268264. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232008.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36268264 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026