Cypraea

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Date: June 1, 1965
Locality: Pago Pago; opposite town
Island: Tutuila
Region: Maoputasi County, Eastern District, American Samoa
Coordinates: -14.2729, -170.6680 ± 1,529 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

291 Bishop specimens of Cypraea · collected 1902–2022Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Cypraea observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1965. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-10-19.

2024-10-19

Alega, Eastern District, American Samoa

(c) Leona Kustra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-08-16

Eastern, National Park of American Samoa, AS

(c) George Lynch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-17

Vaitogi, Western District, American Samoa

(c) Tilali, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2009-09-14

Tutuila, American Samoa

(c) Kyle Van Houtan, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea. BPBM 251683. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36265077. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/251683.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36265077 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026