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Cypraea poraria
Porous Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1949
- Locality
- Waikiki
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2761, -157.8270
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Naria poraria observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-10.
2026-01-10
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-28
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-02-08
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-01-05
Lanai Lookout
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-11-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Shallow Reef, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-12-17
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea poraria. BPBM 266178. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289506. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266178.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289506 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026