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Cypraea granulata
granulated cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1949
- 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: Nucleolaria granulata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 20 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-08.

2026-01-08
North Pacific Ocean, Kawela Bay, HI, US
no rights reserved

2026-01-02
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-02
Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-14
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-05-14
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-05-09
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) megansmith9, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea granulata. BPBM 265808. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36273095. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265808.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36273095 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
