Cypraea caputserpentis

Snakehead Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: DeFelice & Coles; Coles, S.Stephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date: January 22, 2001
Locality: Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Waikiki; Sta. 9; Elk's Club
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

489 Bishop specimens of Cypraea caputserpentis · collected 1898–2002Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 22, 2001, DeFelice & Coles; Coles, S. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Monetaria caputserpentis observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2001. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 903 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.

2026-10-23

Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-21

Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA

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

2026-10-20

Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04

Kalaheo, HI, US

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

2026-10-04

Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA

no rights reserved

2026-10-04

Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA

no rights reserved

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 264273. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36275177. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/264273.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36275177 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026