BPBM 264143Malacology

Cypraea fimbriata

Fringed Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: DeFelice & Coles; Coles, S.Stephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date: January 18, 2001
Locality: Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Waikiki; Sta. 7; Canoes
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

181 Bishop specimens of Cypraea fimbriata · collected 1904–2017Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 18, 2001, DeFelice & Coles; Coles, S. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Purpuradusta fimbriata observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2001. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 75 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.