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Cypraea helvola
Honey Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1960
- Locality
- Kauaʻi
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 22.0627, -159.5370
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Naria helvola observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-04.
2026-07-04
North Pacific Ocean, Princeville, HI, US
(c) Bobby Brittingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-26
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Vanessa Hum, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-08
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Bobby Brittingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Bobby Brittingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-10-05
Kephui Beach, Kauaʻi
(c) Matthew O'Donnell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2014-05-13
Poipu, Koloa, HI 96756, USA
(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea helvola. BPBM 265938. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36281160. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265938.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36281160 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026