Cypraea helvola

Honey Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: D. Thaanum
Date: July 1, 1923
Locality: Central Pacific; Wake Island
Island: Wake Island
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 19.2886, 166.6276 ± 3,843 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

540 Bishop specimens of Cypraea helvola · collected 1893–2003Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Cite this specimen

Cypraea helvola. BPBM 66562. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36282098. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66562.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36282098 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026