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Cypraea staphylaea
Grape Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1928
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Chishima; Southwest Chishima; Reef
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Staphylaea staphylaea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,256 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Змітнів, Чернігівська область, Україна, 16141
(c) Petro Miroshnyk, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-23
407 11 Děčín-Děčín 9, Česko
(c) Jan Šinko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
日本、〒649-3143 和歌山県西牟婁郡すさみ町里野
(c) Cowry639, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Железногорский р-н, Курская обл., Россия
(c) Degtyarev Nikolai Ivanovich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
South West Coast Path, Brixham, England, GB
(c) Becky Atkins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea staphylaea. BPBM 233120. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293070. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/233120.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36293070 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026