Cypraea vitellus
Calf Cowrie
232
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1896
First collected
2017
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cypraea vitellus, most mentions first.
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
2001
Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
74 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1896 by Lorrin Andrews Thurston (New Guinea).
From the collection
Alive today
20 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-09-23
Keahole St + Opp Hawaii Kai Towne Center, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-30
Kahala Ave + Kulamanu St, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA
(c) Ryan Keith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-13
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-11
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) shera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-19
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-08
Hawaii, US
(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)