Cypraea annulus

Gold Ring Cowrie

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

224 Bishop specimens of Cypraea annulus · collected 1893–1998Species 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.

Still here: Monetaria annulus observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2021-12-20.

2021-12-20

Palmyra, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, UM

(c) Ryan Rash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea annulus. BPBM 67401. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36264387. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67401.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36264387 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026