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Cypraea piperita
peppered cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1959
- Locality
- Australia; Victoria
- Region
- Australia
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Notocypraea piperita observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 218 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-10.
2026-10-10
Manypeaks WA 6328, Australia
(c) alana_thomson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-07
Wirrina Cove SA 5204, Australia
(c) Tom McMahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
East Bay
(c) dallas_thomson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-30
Wirrina Cove SA 5204, Australia
(c) Tom McMahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Normanville SA 5204, Australia
(c) Tom McMahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Normanville SA 5204, Australia
(c) Tom McMahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea piperita. BPBM 265635. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289498. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265635.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289498 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026