Cypraea caputserpentis

Snakehead Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: T.T. Dranga
Date: September 24, 1924
Locality: Central Pacific; Howland Island; North End; outer edge of outer reef
Island: Howland Island
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 0.8215, -176.6245 ± 1,345 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Cite this specimen

Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 67266. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36275826. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67266.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36275826 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026