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Cypraea globulus sphaeridium

globose cowrie

2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1978

First collected

1980

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1978 by Richard Nakagawa; Francine Paxson & Misao Nakagawa (Kwajalein Atoll).

From the collection

Cypraea globulus sphaeridium, 284107Cypraea globulus sphaeridium, 284108