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Cypraea spurca
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Ted Bayer; Thomas A. & Beatrice BurchTed Bayer →B.L. Burch {=Beatrice Burch →A. Thomas →
- Collector number
- #23
- Date
- June 1, 1939
- Locality
- {Locality?}; Singers Island; North Jetty; Palm Beach Inlet; Lake Worth
- Region
- {Locality?}
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea spurca observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 465 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES
(c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-18
Κάμπος, Δήμος Σύρου-Ερμούπολης, Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Σύρου, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου, Ελλάδα
(c) adrian-syros, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-10
El Desierto
(c) motalec, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26
2545+RX, Hyères, France
(c) poulpette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-08
Zakynthos, Griechenland
(c) Sarah Löwenherz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-04
North Atlantic Ocean, GR
(c) Bennett Susman, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea spurca. BPBM 247417. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/247417.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
