Cypraea tigris

Tiger Cowrie

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

371 Bishop specimens of Cypraea tigris · collected 1902–2015Species 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 tigris. BPBM 69393. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36294784. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69393.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36294784 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026