Cypraea nivosa
8
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1966
First collected
1973
Last collected
2022
Last seen alive
Two centuries of collecting
1960s1970s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1966 by George A. Mendenhall; Thomas A. & Beatrice Burch (Thailand; East coast of Thailand, in Indian Ocean; off Kor (Is) Lone or Burma; Mergui Archipelago; 8 meters). The Museum last collected it in 1973; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 14, 2022.
From the collection
Alive today
1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.
