Cypraea moneta

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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: T.T. Dranga
Date: August 21, 1924
Locality: Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra Island
Island: Palmyra Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

374 Bishop specimens of Cypraea moneta · collected 1893–1998Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 21, 1924, T.T. Dranga also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Monetaria moneta observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1924. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-07.

2025-09-07

Palmyra Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

(c) Marisa Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-11-16

South Pacific Ocean, Palmyra Atoll, UM

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

2024-09-01

Palmyra, UM

(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-09-01

Palmyra, UM

(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-08-18

Palmyra, UM

(c) Lauren Rocheleau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-09

South Pacific Ocean

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

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea moneta. BPBM 66695. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36287471. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66695.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36287471 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026