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Cypraea talpa
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Kenji Yokoyama; Kenji Yokoyama EstateKona agent of Bishop Estate →Kenji Yokoyama →
- Date
- 1984
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea talpa observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1984. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-06.
2026-07-06
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-11
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-03-16
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-10
Hale'iwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-22
Hale'iwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-12-18
Hawaii, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea talpa. BPBM 280853. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/280853.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026