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Cypraea granulata
granulated cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- Invalid Date
- Locality
- Makua
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5335, -158.2303
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On Invalid Date, Burgess, Grace also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Nucleolaria granulata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1956. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 20 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-02.

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

2025-08-17
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

2025-06-11
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, 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)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea granulata. BPBM 265831. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36274709. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265831.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36274709 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026

