Cypraea caputserpentis

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: L.A. Thurston & T.T. Dranga; L.A. ThurstonTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
Date: June 1, 1922
Locality: Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra
Island: Palmyra Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On June 1, 1922, L.A. Thurston & T.T. Dranga; L.A. Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea caputserpentis. BPBM 67398. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36275106. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67398.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36275106 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026