Cypraea testudinaria
Tortoise Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Liliuokalani Collection; Mrs. E.L. WebbLiliuokalani Collection →Mrs. E.L. Webb →
- Date
- November 27, 1920
- Locality
- Pacific; South Pacific {Entered as: South Seas}
- Region
- Pacific
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On November 27, 1920, Liliuokalani Collection; Mrs. E.L. Webb also collected 10 other specimens.
Chelycypraea testudinaria observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1920. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 39 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-09.
2026-08-09
太平洋, 沖繩縣, JP
(c) oliver_wu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-05
Lagoon Road, Marshall Islands, MH
(c) Jessica McLaughlin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-26
Tufi Northern Province, Papua New Guinea
(c) divercraig, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-29
Philippine Sea, Northern Mariana Islands, MP
(c) mikejdo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-19
cap la houssay
(c) James Lefebvre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-04
JXGP+5X8, Tukao, Cook Islands
(c) Leon Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea testudinaria. BPBM 68004. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36295067. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/68004.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36295067 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026