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Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Dranga & Thaanum; ThaanumDranga →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Locality
- West Maui; Lahaina; "Hospital Channel"; off
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Maui County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8774, -156.6822 ± 1,000 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea tigris observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 16 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-06-18.
2025-06-18
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Andrew Harmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-18
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Andrew Harmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-06
Kaanapali, HI, USA
(c) horvath_zsofia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-29
Auau Channel, HI, US
(c) Sille, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-02
United States
(c) mstone2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-04-09
North Pacific Ocean, Kaanapali, HI, US
(c) khein2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 233338. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294835. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/233338.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36294835 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026