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Cypraea helvola
Honey Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1947
- Locality
- Kahaluu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5798, -155.9664 ± 820 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Naria helvola observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1947. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-11-28.
2025-11-28
Aliʻi Dr, Hōlualoa, HI, US
(c) Merav Vonshak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-07
Kailua Bay, Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-02-02
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) rolandwirth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-05-18
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-05-13
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-05-09
Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea helvola. BPBM 265909. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36281207. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265909.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36281207 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026