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Cypraea isabella
Isabella Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1947
- Locality
- Kaaawa
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5506, -157.8518 ± 1,809 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Luria isabella observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1947. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 23 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-18.

2026-06-18
Kahuku, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-08
North Pacific Ocean, Kahuku, HI, US
no rights reserved

2025-12-28
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-10
Kahuku, HI, US
(c) Lindsay Willrick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-27
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-21
Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Sophie Paradis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea isabella. BPBM 266040. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36282307. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266040.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36282307 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
