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Cypraea spadicea

Chestnut Cowry

32

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1924

First collected

1982

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1924 by Lorrin Andrews Thurston (California; Los Angeles County; Point Vincente).

From the collection

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