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Cypraea caputserpentis
Snakehead Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1941
- Locality
- Hanalei District; Hanalei
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 22.2047, -159.4811 ± 3,224 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Monetaria caputserpentis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1941. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 42 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-20.
2026-08-20
HI, US
(c) Dillon Freiburger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-21
Kilauea, HI 96754, USA
(c) Nick Moore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-18
Kapaa Library, Kapaʻa, HI 96746, USA
(c) Leyton Reid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-18
Kapaa Neighborhood Center, Kapaʻa, HI 96746, USA
(c) Leyton Reid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-13
Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI, US
(c) pepperjackb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-06
Kepuhi Beach, HI, US
(c) Jordan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 265468. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36274200. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265468.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36274200 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026