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Cypraea caputserpentis
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1956
- Locality
- Kawailoa
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5794, -158.0323 ± 8,584 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Monetaria caputserpentis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1956. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 105 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-09-12.
2026-09-12
North Pacific Ocean, Waialua, HI, US
(c) Casey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Haleʻiwa, HI, US
(c) Sue Ellen Chajkowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Haleʻiwa, HI, US
(c) Sue Ellen Chajkowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-15
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-25
Papailoa Rd, Waialua, HI, US
(c) piimpchimpin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-18
Kamehameha Hwy, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Liza M. Marpuri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 265493. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36276497. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265493.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36276497 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026