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Cypraea moneta
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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1922
- Locality
- Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra; Samarang Island, Small lagoon east of
- Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Region
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Coordinates
- 5.8822, -162.0632 ± 1,602 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Monetaria moneta observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-07.
2025-09-07
Palmyra Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands
(c) Marisa Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-16
South Pacific Ocean, Palmyra Atoll, UM
(c) pmino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-09-01
Palmyra, UM
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-09-01
Palmyra, UM
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-08-18
Palmyra, UM
(c) Lauren Rocheleau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-09
South Pacific Ocean
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea moneta. BPBM 232880. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289970. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232880.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289970 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026