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Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- ?; Merlin Tuttle
- Collector number
- HT 32
- Date
- March 1, 1943
- Locality
- Souvenir
- Region
- Fiji
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On March 1, 1943, ?; Merlin Tuttle also collected 1 other specimen.
Cypraea tigris observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,088 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
First Ave near Mayes Ave, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
(c) Australasian Aquatic Survey and Assessment, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-10-26
Madagascar
(c) voyageurs_lyonnais, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-23
Baie des citrons sud, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
(c) momaz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Díli, Timor-Leste
(c) Roxanne Lazarus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Qamea, Fiji
(c) Martin Holladay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Sabah, MY
(c) Rob Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 240261. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294384. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/240261.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36294384 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026