Cypraea felina

Cypraeidae

Collected by: Grace Burgess [C.M. Burgess Collection]
Collector number: #581-2
Date: 1961
Locality: Ceylon {Now: Sri Lanka}
Region: Ceylon {Now: Sri Lanka}
Record type: Preservedspecimen

82 Bishop specimens of Cypraea felina · collected 1925–1992Species page ›

Cypraea felina observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1961. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-16.

2026-02-16

Gulf of Oman, OM

no rights reserved

2025-10-19

MZ

(c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-18

MZ

(c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-17

MZ

(c) Heinrich Human, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-03

Sordwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

(c) Liam Botha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-25

South Africa

(c) Dylan Leonard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea felina. BPBM 269477. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/269477.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026