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Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1922
- Locality
- Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra; Western Lagoon
- Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Region
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Coordinates
- 5.8817, -162.0969 ± 1,978 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea tigris observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-02.
2025-09-02
Palmyra Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands
(c) Marisa Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-29
Palmyra, UM
(c) andrewholzinger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-25
South Pacific Ocean, Palmyra Atoll, UM
(c) pmino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-25
Palmyra Atoll, UM
(c) pmino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-14
Palmyra, UM
(c) Lauren Rocheleau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-02
Palmyra, UM
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 233207. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293602. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/233207.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36293602 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026