Cypraea tigris
Tiger Cowrie
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- Phyllis Ching; Phillis Ching
- Date
- December 7, 1935
- Locality
- Waianae
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4916, -158.0524 ± 15,902 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cypraea tigris observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1935. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 66 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-10-31.
2025-10-31
North Pacific Ocean, Mākaha, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-08-30
Haleiwa, HI, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-03
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-12-27
Oʻahu, Waialua, HI, US
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-25
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-09-16
Firehouse
(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea tigris. BPBM 68611. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36292992. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/68611.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36292992 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026