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Cypraea reticulata
Reticulated Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1948
- Locality
- Waikiki
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2761, -157.8270
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Mauritia maculifera observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 91 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-09-23.

2026-09-23
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-14
Wawamalu Beach, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Bella, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-13
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-07
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-28
ʻEna Rd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) bethanystegmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea reticulata. BPBM 266242. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36288406. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266242.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36288406 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
