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Cypraea kieneri
Kiener's 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; Rukan Sho Island
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Bistolida kieneri observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 413 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
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)
2026-10-15
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
Sunshine Coast QLD, Australia
(c) Hiroya Kidoguchi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
Sunshine Coast QLD, Australia
(c) Hiroya Kidoguchi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea kieneri. BPBM 232688. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36281220. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232688.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36281220 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026