Cypraea nucleus

Wrinkled Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: T.T. Dranga
Date: September 24, 1924
Locality: Central Pacific; Howland Island
Island: Howland Island
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 0.8080, -176.6173 ± 1,356 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

81 Bishop specimens of Cypraea nucleus · collected 1902–1979Species 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 nucleus. BPBM 67274. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36288066. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67274.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36288066 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026