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Cypraea vitellus
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Dr. James Cherry; Grace Burgess (Dr. C.M. Burgess Collection)Grace Burgess Grace Burgess →James Cherry →
- Collector number
- #20-18
- Date
- 1948
- Locality
- Honolulu District; Waikiki
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea vitellus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 20 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-23.
2026-09-23
Keahole St + Opp Hawaii Kai Towne Center, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-30
Kahala Ave + Kulamanu St, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA
(c) Ryan Keith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-13
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-11
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) shera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-19
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea vitellus. BPBM 270042. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/270042.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026