Cypraea vitellus

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

232 Bishop specimens of Cypraea vitellus · collected 1896–2017Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Cite this specimen

Cypraea vitellus. BPBM 66565. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36295155. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66565.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36295155 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026