Cypraea moneta

Money Cowry

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Joseph S. Emerson
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Mortlock Islands
Region: Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
Coordinates: 5.6496, 153.4524 ± 48,996 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

374 Bishop specimens of Cypraea moneta · collected 1893–1998Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, Joseph S. Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cypraea moneta. BPBM 69124. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36287578. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69124.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36287578 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026