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Cypraea pantherina
Panther Cowrie
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- McDonald; Grace Burgess (Dr. C.M. Burgess Collection)Grace Burgess Grace Burgess →McDonald →
- Collector number
- #52-3
- Date
- 1960
- Locality
- Red Sea; Eritrea; Massawa
- Region
- Red Sea
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea pantherina observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 15 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-02.
2026-02-02
Farasan Saudi Arabia
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-02-02
Farasan Saúdská Arábie
(c) emajorova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-01
Farasan Saudi Arabia
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-12-28
El Qoseir, Red Sea Governorate, Egypte
(c) Marleen Schouten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-12-03
Red Sea, Red Sea, EG
(c) danmao, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-23
South Sinai, EG
(c) showbill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea pantherina. BPBM 269762. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/269762.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026