Cypraea moneta

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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Thaanum; Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Date: 1893
Locality: Washington Island
Island: Teraina
Region: Kiribati
Coordinates: 4.6855, -160.3791 ± 3,585 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

374 Bishop specimens of Cypraea moneta · collected 1893–1998Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Cypraea moneta. BPBM 232875. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36286581. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232875.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36286581 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026