Cypraea nebrites

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Grace Burgess [C.M. Burgess Collection]
Collector number: #498-2
Date: 1959
Locality: Israel; Gulf of Aqaba; Elat
Region: Israel
Record type: Preservedspecimen

22 Bishop specimens of Cypraea nebrites · collected 1951–1979Species page ›

Cypraea nebrites observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 19 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-01-06.

2026-01-06

Dahab, EG-JS, EG

(c) Marleen Schouten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-17

Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate 1926110, Egypt

(c) Jono, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-11-08

3VM9+MVG, Touristic Villages, Hurghada 1, Al-Bahr al-Ahmar 1961304, Egipt

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

2024-10-03

Dafár, Omán

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

2024-09-08

Red Sea, Mecca, SA

(c) pebble55, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-19

אילת

(c) Rafi Amar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea nebrites. BPBM 269374. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/269374.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026