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Cypraea tigris

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BPBM 67643Malacology

Cypraea tigris

Tiger Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by
Wm. H.C. Greig; Wm. H.C. Greig
Collector number
5921
Date
July 9, 1902
Locality
Washington Island & Fanning Island
Region
Kiribati
Coordinates
4.2770, -159.8224 ± 80,930 m
Record type
Preservedspecimen
371 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tigris · collected 1902–2015Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On July 9, 1902, Wm. H.C. Greig; Wm. H.C. Greig also collected 10 other specimens.

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Ovula ovul

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Pterocera

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea tigris. BPBM 67643. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294016. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67643.

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