Cypraea carneola

Carnelian Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Joseph S. Emerson
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Honolulu
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3239, -157.7990
Record type: Preservedspecimen

223 Bishop specimens of Cypraea carneola · collected 1898–1997Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Still here: Lyncina carneola observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-02-13.

2022-02-13

Point Panic

(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Cypraea carneola. BPBM 69357. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36277815. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69357.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36277815 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026