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Cypraea caputserpentis
Snakehead Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Gerret P. Wilder; ThaanumDitlev Due Thaanum →Gerrit Parmele Wilder →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1926
- Locality
- Cook Islands; Lower Cook Islands; Palmerston Island
- Region
- Cook Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Monetaria caputserpentis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3,600 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-31.
2026-10-31
Iluka, NSW, AU
(c) Mitchell Roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
台灣新北市貢寮區
(c) 劉佳勳, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Queensland, AU
(c) Australasian Aquatic Survey and Assessment, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-10-24
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) martinkopp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Pittwater Rd Near Anzac Av, Collaroy NSW 2097, Australia
(c) glycogen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-23
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 232122. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36276379. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232122.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36276379 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026