Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00179
Granulated cowry
Nucleolaria granulata
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About Granulated cowry
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a table records Cypraea granulata at Kauaʻi station Ka2; 2017 and 2024 Kauaʻi observations corroborate persistence.
WoRMS AphiaID 570727 accepts Nucleolaria granulata and bridges Cypraea granulata.
TR29a concerns harbors and nearby coral reefs; Ka2 is an in-scope Kauaʻi coastal station.
The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Nucleolaria granulata
- Common names
- Granulated cowry
- Other names
- Nucleolaria granulata · Cypraea granulata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- qualifying authoritative Kauaʻi evidence predates 2016-10-01; later community observations are corroborative only, so current status is not established
- 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
- Nucleolaria granulata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.