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Cypraea helvola
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1941
- Locality
- Waianae
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4916, -158.0524 ± 15,902 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Naria helvola observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1941. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 33 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-09-22.

2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-19
Kahuku, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-04
Kahaone Pl, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-03
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-20
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-28
Waialua, HI, US
(c) gracehorner12, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea helvola. BPBM 265881. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36280894. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265881.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36280894 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
