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Cypraea mauritiana
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Tuttle, H.; Merlin TuttleHorace L. Tuttle →Merlin D. Tuttle →
- Collector number
- HT#: 269
- Date
- December 1, 1943
- Locality
- Waimanalo; Waimanalo Bay; at Mokapu Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On December 1, 1943, Tuttle, H.; Merlin Tuttle also collected 3 other specimens.
Mauritia mauritiana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 502 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-13.
2026-10-13
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
(c) rathbunjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-23
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-23
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-14
Ali'i Drive Honl's Beach, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
(c) mellframe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-10
Kaneohe Base, HI 96734, USA
(c) divermeg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-05
Mamala Bay, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jaminhein1215, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea mauritiana. BPBM 240250. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289502. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/240250.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289502 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026