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Cypraea granulata
granulated cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1959
- Locality
- Maui
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Maui County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7927, -156.3582
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Nucleolaria granulata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-03-18.

2023-03-18
North Pacific Ocean, Kihei, HI, US
(c) squidprobe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-29
Ma'alaea Bay, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2016-01-03
Wailea-Makena, HI, USA
(c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2013-06-01
Wailea, Wailea-Makena, HI 96753, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2000-12-25
Maluaka Beach, Makena, Maui, HI 96753, USA
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2000-01-01
Maui, Hawaii, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea granulata. BPBM 265861. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36272201. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265861.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36272201 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
