Cypraea moneta
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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- W.A. & E.L. Bryan
- Date
- 1917
- Locality
- Kakaako
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Monetaria moneta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1917. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 108 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-22.
2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Puako, HI 96743, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-04
North Pacific Ocean, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Kana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-02
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-07-02
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-06-07
North Shore, Waialua, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cypraea moneta. BPBM 62418. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36289268. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/62418.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36289268 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026