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Cypraea tigris
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- H. Tuttle; Merlin TuttleHorace L. Tuttle →Merlin D. Tuttle →
- Collector number
- HT 248
- Date
- August 1, 1943
- Locality
- Honaunau; Honaunau Bay; straight out about 150 yards from boat landing
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4238, -155.9133 ± 301 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 1, 1943, H. Tuttle; Merlin Tuttle also collected 4 other specimens.
Still here: Cypraea tigris observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-07-27.
2025-07-27
Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-08
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Sam Rawlins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-04-10
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) ethan currens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-03-03
Kailua Kona
(c) eliea_15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 240262. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294213. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/240262.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36294213 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026