Cypraea spirata

Spotted Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: Denmark; Faxe; Chalk Period Fossil
Region: Denmark
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Naria spurca observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 542 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-18.

2026-10-18

Κάμπος, Δήμος Σύρου-Ερμούπολης, Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Σύρου, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου, Ελλάδα

(c) adrian-syros, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-13

Almería, ES-AN, ES

(c) muchoslopez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

El Desierto

(c) motalec, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26

2545+RX, Hyères, France

(c) poulpette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-08

Zakynthos, Griechenland

(c) Sarah Löwenherz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-04

North Atlantic Ocean, GR

(c) Bennett Susman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea spirata. BPBM 233349. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294140. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/233349.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36294140 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026