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Cheilea equestris in life
In life — False Cup-and-Saucer Limpet, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
BPBM 277746Malacology

Cheilea equestris

False Cup-and-Saucer Limpet

Hipponicidae

Collected by
Grace Burgess (C.M. Burgess Collection)
Date
1950
Locality
Hanalei District; Hanalei
Island
Kauaʻi
Region
Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates
22.2047, -159.4811 ± 3,224 m
Record type
Preservedspecimen
71 Bishop specimens of Cheilea equestris · collected 1908–1997Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Cheilea equestris. BPBM 277746. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/277746.

Record sources

  • Last harvested October 27, 2026