Cypraea tessellata

Checkerboard Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Burgess, Grace
Date: 1963
Locality: Kure Atoll
Island: Kure Atoll
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

134 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tessellata · collected 1906–1993Species page ›

Luria tessellata observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1963. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-07.

2025-09-07

North Pacific Ocean, HI, US

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-04-13

Maui, Kēōkea, HI, US

(c) serenegunnison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-12-22

Kure Atoll, HI, US

(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-23

Oʻahu, Pūpūkea, HI, US

(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-03-04

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-11-19

Haleiwa Ali'i

(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 266010. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293425. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266010.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36293425 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026