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Cypraea onyx
Onyx Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Locality
- Japan; Satsuma; Gataguchi; off
- Region
- Japan
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Erronea onyx observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 136 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-15.
2026-07-15
Pulau Sekudu, Singapore
(c) budak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-15
North-East, Singapore
(c) Rui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-15
North-East, Singapore
(c) Rui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-16
3 Changi Ferry Rd, Access to coastal park connector, Singapore 499676
(c) matt2800, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-08
Dumagmang, Labo, Camarines Norte, Philippines
(c) shunchuxia1729, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-04
Aoshima 2-Chōme, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, JP
(c) あちゃったー, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea onyx. BPBM 232989. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36288462. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/232989.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36288462 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026