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Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Burgess, Grace
- Date
- 1940
- Locality
- Kona; South Kona; Keei
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4630, -155.9238 ± 361 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea tigris observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-07-27.
2025-07-27
Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-16
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-16
Old Kona Bay, Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Janelle Bode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-08
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Sam Rawlins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-04-10
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) ethan currens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-03-03
Kailua Kona
(c) eliea_15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 266450. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294798. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266450.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36294798 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026