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Cypraea ovum

egg cowrie

48

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1928

First collected

1995

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1928 by Grace Burgess ({Locality info confusing: "Philippines, Isigaki Is. Isigaki Is. Is in Japan}).

From the collection

Cypraea ovum, 232997Cypraea ovum, 232999Cypraea ovum, 232998Cypraea ovum, 233000Cypraea ovum, 233001Cypraea ovum, 247260Cypraea ovum, 247261Cypraea ovum, 247262Cypraea ovum, 247263Cypraea ovum, 247264Cypraea ovum, 247265Cypraea ovum, 247266