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Cypraea helvola
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1953
- Locality
- West Maui; Lahaina Pali (Nite)
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Maui County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8867, -156.6661 ± 3,449 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Naria helvola observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 24 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-04-19.

2025-04-19
Lahaina, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-12-12
Napili, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2024-07-23
Maui, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) taylorlamprecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-05
Maui, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) taylorlamprecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-05
Maui, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) taylorlamprecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-04-09
Maui, Kihei, HI, US
(c) Amy Balkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea helvola. BPBM 265952. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36282013. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/265952.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36282013 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
