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Cypraea isabella
Isabella Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1945
- Locality
- Kahaluu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5798, -155.9664 ± 820 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Luria isabella observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-06-12.

2025-06-12
North Pacific Ocean, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-18
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-07
Kealakekua Bay, Honaunau, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2024-02-21
North Pacific Ocean, Kailua-Kona, HI, US
(c) steele_alan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-01-11
Pahoehoe Beach Park, Keauhou, HI, US
(c) Kat Stusak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-09-12
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) mhwoffendin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea isabella. BPBM 266035. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36280655. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266035.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36280655 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
