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Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Locality
- Makua
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5335, -158.2303
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea tigris observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 63 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-10-31.
2025-10-31
North Pacific Ocean, Mākaha, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-08-30
Haleiwa, HI, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-03
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-12-27
Oʻahu, Waialua, HI, US
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-25
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-09-16
Firehouse
(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 266435. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293111. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266435.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36293111 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026