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Cypraea mauritiana
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- D. B. Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1949
- Locality
- Ogasawara Gunto {Entered as: Bonin Islands}; Chichi Jima
- Region
- Ogasawara Gunto {Entered as: Bonin Islands}
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Mauritia mauritiana observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 715 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-31.

2026-10-31
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Victor Rogers-Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29
Guangxi, CN
(c) Lin, Zhanyi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Phangnga, TH
(c) MKot, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
(c) rathbunjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-28
Kings Beach, Sunshine Coast, AU
(c) Jake Orthman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-25
Route de ceinture, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Adam Trinklein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea mauritiana. BPBM 232843. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289966. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232843.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289966 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
