Cypraea irrorata

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Burgess, Grace
Collector number: 502-1
Date: 1958
Locality: Cook Islands
Region: Cook Islands
Record type: Preservedspecimen

28 Bishop specimens of Cypraea irrorata · collected 1924–1967Species page ›

Cypraea irrorata observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1958. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2019-10-05.

2019-10-05

Kanton Island, Kiribati

(c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-08-11

Tuamotus Islands, French Polynesia

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2016-11-09

Otuofai, Polynésie française

(c) Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea irrorata. BPBM 268395. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/268395.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026