Cypraea leviathan
70
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1897
First collected
1994
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cypraea leviathan, most mentions first.
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2008
Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
47 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1897 by Mrs. Keola Kauai; Thaanum (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1994; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as January 8, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
57 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-01-08
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-01-02
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-02
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-22
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) molliewog, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-18
North Pacific Ocean, HI, US
(c) Andrew Harmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-14
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-03-15
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-05
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)