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BPBM 240260Malacology
Cypraea tessellata
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Tuttle, H.; Merlin TuttleHorace L. Tuttle →Merlin D. Tuttle →
- Collector number
- HT#: 90
- Date
- May 1, 1943
- Locality
- Waimea; Barking Sands; 1/4 mile from beginning of S. Dunns {=sand dunes?}
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 22.0062, -159.7645 ± 1,189 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On May 1, 1943, Tuttle, H.; Merlin Tuttle also collected 9 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 240260. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293757. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/240260.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36293757 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026