Cypraea felina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
Collector number: 6279
Date: 1928
Locality: Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Chishima; Northwest Chishima.
Region: Ryukyu Islands
Record type: Preservedspecimen

82 Bishop specimens of Cypraea felina · collected 1925–1992Species page ›

Melicerona felina observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-16.

2026-02-16

Gulf of Oman, OM

no rights reserved

2025-10-19

MZ

(c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-18

MZ

(c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-17

MZ

(c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-03

Sordwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

(c) Liam Botha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-25

South Africa

(c) Dylan Leonard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea felina. BPBM 232488. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36273264. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232488.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36273264 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026