Cypraea cervinetta

Little Deer Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Burgess, Grace
Date: 1945
Locality: Nicaragua; West Nicaragua
Region: Nicaragua
Record type: Preservedspecimen

39 Bishop specimens of Cypraea cervinetta · collected 1929–1978Species page ›

Macrocypraea cervinetta observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 262 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11

Costa Rica

(c) EntomologyWest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-09

Galapagos, EC

(c) Deborah E Barber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-16

Bahía Jobo, La Cruz, Guanacaste, CR

(c) buggykoop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-08

Puntarenas, CR

(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-07-28

Tola, Nicaragua

(c) Cynthia Tercero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-07-28

Nicaragua

(c) Jose Abelardo Sánchez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea cervinetta. BPBM 266404. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36276630. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266404.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36276630 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026