Cypraea caputserpentis

Snakehead Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: T. T. Dranga
Date: August 1, 1924
Locality: near London; outer reef
Island: Kiritimati
Region: Kiribati
Coordinates: 1.9957, -157.4814 ± 1,690 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

489 Bishop specimens of Cypraea caputserpentis · collected 1898–2002Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 1, 1924, T. T. Dranga also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Monetaria caputserpentis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1924. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-01-15.

2024-01-15

Christmas Island, KI

(c) Rosario Douglas, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 66965. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36277525. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66965.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36277525 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026