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Cypraea maculifera
Animalia › Mollusca › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- ?Bitberger; Thomas A. & Beatrice BurchBitberger →B.L. Burch {=Beatrice Burch →A. Thomas →
- Date
- 1953
- Locality
- Honaunau; Honaunau Beach
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4241, -155.9117 ± 226 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea maculifera observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-29.
2026-01-29
Hawaii, US
(c) Graham Steinruck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-06
Club Wyndham Royal Sea Cliff, Hōlualoa, HI, US
(c) Ben Ginter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-23
North Pacific Ocean, Kailua-Kona, HI, US
(c) natureconor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-01
Calvert NT 0862, Australia
(c) aanderson72, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-10
Honaunau
(c) OrganicCoffee_BethDominick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-14
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Susie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea maculifera. BPBM 246541. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35666112. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/246541.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35666112 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026