Cypraea tessellata

Checkerboard Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: D. Thaanum
Date: April 1, 1923
Locality: Laysan Island
Island: Laysan
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 25.7692, -171.7334
Record type: Preservedspecimen

134 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tessellata · collected 1906–1993Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Cite this specimen

Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 66005. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36292701. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66005.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36292701 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026