Cypraea alisonae
Alison’s Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, C.M.; Burgess, GraceC.M. Pat Burgess →Grace Burgess Grace Burgess →
- Date
- 1983
- Locality
- Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Off Mokapuu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Talostolida pellucens observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1983. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 19 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-30.
2026-08-30
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-24
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-18
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Andrew Harmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-27
Makapuu Beach, HI, USA
(c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-06
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-22
Hale'iwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea alisonae. BPBM 265400. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36265352. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265400.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36265352 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026