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Cypraea tigris in life
In life — Tiger Cowrie, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) budak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by budak
BPBM 280131Malacology

Cypraea tigris

Tiger Cowrie

Cypraeidae

Collected by
Kenji Yokoyama; Kenji Yokoyama
Date
1981
Island
Hawaiʻi Island
Region
Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preservedspecimen
371 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tigris · collected 1902–2015Species page ›

Cite this specimen

Cypraea tigris. BPBM 280131. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/280131.

Record sources

  • Last harvested October 27, 2026