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Cypraea cicercula
chickpea cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Chishima
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Pustularia cicercula observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 22 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-01-19.
2026-01-19
Cape Tribulation
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-01-17
馬來西亞沙巴哥打京那巴魯X2G4+4J
(c) Tan Yan Hong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2025-07-13
Kagoshima, JP
(c) nongiftedman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-28
Raja Ampat, ID-IB, ID
(c) Keith Willmott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-12-19
Oʻahu, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-05-10
Gili Trawangan, Kabupaten Lombok Utara, West-Nusa Tenggara, ID
(c) ppdevries, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea cicercula. BPBM 232268. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36277896. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232268.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36277896 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026