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Cypraea tessellata
Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Kenji Yokoyama; Kenji Yokoyama EstateKona agent of Bishop Estate →Kenji Yokoyama →
- Date
- 1991
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cypraea tessellata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1991. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-07.
2025-09-07
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-04-13
Maui, Kēōkea, HI, US
(c) serenegunnison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-12-22
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-06-23
Oʻahu, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) atthebeach67, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-03-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-11-19
Haleiwa Ali'i
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 280859. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/280859.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026