Cypraea erosa

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Grace Burgess [C.M. Burgess Collection]
Collector number: #24-21
Date: 1962
Locality: Fiji
Region: Fiji
Coordinates: -17.8484, 177.9561 ± 79,906 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

283 Bishop specimens of Cypraea erosa · collected 1898–1998Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Cypraea erosa observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-11-19.

2024-11-19

fiji

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea erosa. BPBM 269408. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/269408.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026