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Cypraea helvola
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Grace Burgess
- Date
- May 1, 1959
- Locality
- Honaunau
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4238, -155.9115 ± 349 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On May 1, 1959, Grace Burgess also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Cypraea helvola observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-11-28.

2025-11-28
Aliʻi Dr, Hōlualoa, HI, US
(c) Merav Vonshak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-02
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) rolandwirth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-18
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-13
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-09
Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2024-03-23
Hawaiʻi, Honaunau, HI, US
(c) Jackson Nesbit, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea helvola. BPBM 274780. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/274780.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
