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Cypraea tessellata

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BPBM 68243Malacology

Cypraea tessellata

Checkerboard Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Date
November 25, 1926
Locality
Hanalei District; Haena
Island
Kauaʻi
Region
Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates
22.2065, -159.5765 ± 2,990 m
Record type
Preservedspecimen
134 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tessellata · collected 1906–1993Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On November 25, 1926, T.T. Dranga; T.T. Dranga also collected 5 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 68243. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36295058. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/68243.

Record sources