Cypraea mauritiana

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: D. Thaanum
Date: May 1, 1923
Locality: Nihoa
Island: Nihoa
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

246 Bishop specimens of Cypraea mauritiana · collected 1902–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 1, 1923, D. Thaanum also collected 24+ other specimens.

Mauritia mauritiana observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 502 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-13.

2026-10-13

Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA

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2026-09-23

Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA

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2026-09-23

Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA

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2026-09-14

Ali'i Drive Honl's Beach, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA

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2026-09-10

Kaneohe Base, HI 96734, USA

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2026-09-05

Mamala Bay, Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jaminhein1215, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea mauritiana. BPBM 65763. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36287665. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/65763.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36287665 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026