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BPBM 265838Malacology
Cypraea granulata
granulated cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1960
- Locality
- Koloa District; Port Allen
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.9023, -159.5835 ± 871 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Nucleolaria granulata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-07-08.

2024-07-08
Kauaʻi, Kalaheo, HI, US
(c) Bobby Brittingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-06-19
Near Russian Fort Elizabeth, HI, USA
(c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea granulata. BPBM 265838. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36276705. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265838.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36276705 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
