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Monetaria caputophidii in life
In life — Hawaiian Snakehead Cowrie, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet
BPBM 288332Malacology

Monetaria caputophidii

Hawaiian Snakehead Cowrie

Collected by
Howard WK Wilson
Date
2020
Island
Oʻahu
Region
Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preservedspecimen

Cite this specimen

Monetaria caputophidii. BPBM 288332. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/288332.

Record sources

  • Last harvested October 27, 2026