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Cypraea errones
Erroneous Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1932
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Chishima; Northwest Chishima.
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Erronea errones observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,443 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
Orpheus Island, AU-QL-HI, AU-QL, AU
(c) drmattnimbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Woody Head, NSW, AU
(c) Mitchell Roberts, 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)
2026-10-24
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)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea errones. BPBM 232449. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36276350. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232449.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36276350 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026