Monetaria moneta
money cowrie
(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 216874 ↗
Photo: (c) uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by uwkwaj (iNaturalist)
29
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1932
First collected
2024
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
21 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1932 by Lorrin Andrews Thurston (Tabuaeran).
From the collection
Alive today
108 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-09-22
HI, US
(c) brikon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Puako, HI 96743, USA
(c) kkittens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-04
North Pacific Ocean, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Kana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-02
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-07-02
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-06-07
North Shore, Waialua, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-07
Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Chloe DuBose, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-25
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)