Cypraea tessellata

Checkerboard Cowrie

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cypraeidae

Collected by: Joseph S. Emerson
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Micronesia
Region: Federated States of Micronesia
Record type: Preservedspecimen

134 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tessellata · collected 1906–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

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

Cite this specimen

Cypraea tessellata. BPBM 69377. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36293817. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69377.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36293817 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026