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Cypraea reticulata
Reticulated Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Bromley, George; Burgess, GraceGeorge Bromley Jr. →Grace Burgess Grace Burgess →
- Date
- 1942
- Locality
- Kawailoa
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5794, -158.0323 ± 8,584 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Mauritia maculifera observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1942. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 56 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)
2026-04-13
North Pacific Ocean, Waialua, HI, US
(c) Griselda Martinez Romero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-08
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-01-02
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-19
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-03
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea reticulata. BPBM 266259. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36286576. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266259.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36286576 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026