Cypraea exanthema

Spotted Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: A.E. Foote; Joseph S. EmersonJoseph Swift Emerson →A.E. Foote →
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: West Indies
Region: West Indies
Record type: Preservedspecimen

2 Bishop specimens of Cypraea exanthema · collected 1930–1930Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, A.E. Foote; Joseph S. Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Macrocypraea zebra observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 186 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.

2026-10-19

Florida Bay, Islamorada, FL, US

(c) Bethanie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

Calle Punta Mona, Talamanca, Limon, CR

(c) Yari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-07

(c) trini-seabling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26

Trinidad and Tobago

(c) trini-seabling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22

FL, US

(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-10

7WW9+MV - Tamandaré, PE, 55578-000, Brasil

(c) Cristiane Bolochio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea exanthema. BPBM 69282. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36273590. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69282.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36273590 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026