BPBM 69131Malacology
Cypraea moneta
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae
- Collected by
- L.A. Thurston; Joseph S. EmersonJoseph Swift Emerson →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- May 21, 1930
- Locality
- Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra
- Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Region
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Coordinates
- 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On May 21, 1930, L.A. Thurston; Joseph S. Emerson also collected 3 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Cypraea moneta. BPBM 69131. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36286630. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69131.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36286630 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026