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Cypraea helvola in life
In life — Spotted Cowrie, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Dennis Rabeling
BPBM 264334Malacology

Cypraea helvola

Spotted Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by
DeFelice & Coles; Coles, S.Stephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date
January 15, 2001
Locality
Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Waikiki; Sta. 4; Tongg's Wreck
Island
Oʻahu
Region
Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preservedspecimen
540 Bishop specimens of Cypraea helvola · collected 1893–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 15, 2001, DeFelice & Coles; Coles, S. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea helvola. BPBM 264334. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36286255. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/264334.

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