Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00054
Hawaiian Tiger Cowrie
Cypraea tigris
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About Hawaiian Tiger Cowrie
Bishop Museum TR29 records Kauaʻi station presence; iNaturalist RG observations 337488635 (Tunnels Beach, 2025), 310675006 (Poʻipū, 2022), and 203389640 (Salt Pond area, 2024; subspecies schilderiana) are island-georeferenced.
WoRMS AphiaID 216843 lists Cypraea tigris as accepted; observation-level subspecies does not create a separate species count.
TR29 supplies shallow coastal-survey context; modern records are from named Kauaʻi reef/beach localities.
Independent station survey and multiple recent island coastal records under an accepted species name provide strong validation. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cypraea tigris
- Common names
- Hawaiian Tiger Cowrie
- Other names
- Cypraea tigris · Cypraea tigris schilderiana
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative survey or expert evidence verifies Kauaʻi occurrence historically; community observations were not used to promote the record to CURRENT.
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Cypraea tigris is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Independent station survey and multiple recent island coastal records under an accepted species name provide strong validation. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.