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Cypraea talpa
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Lyman Higa; Kenji Yokoyama EstateKona agent of Bishop Estate →Lyman Higa →
- Date
- June 1, 1962
- Locality
- Oʻahu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4639, -157.9531
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea talpa observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, 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)
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)
2022-10-29
Hale'iwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea talpa. BPBM 280857. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/280857.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026