Cypraea tigris

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: H. L. Tuttle; Merlin TuttleHorace L. Tuttle →Merlin D. Tuttle →
Collector number: HT 383
Date: September 1, 1945
Locality: Napoopoo Bay, around southern point from
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 19.4723, -155.9190 ± 357 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

371 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tigris · collected 1902–2015Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1945, H. L. Tuttle; Merlin Tuttle also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea tigris. BPBM 240265. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293162. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/240265.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36293162 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026