Pele Expedition 1963, February – May 1963
February – May 1963 · 99 days, 18 of them collecting · 2 islands
PEExpedition or institutionPele Expedition 1963 · collected 1962–1963- Specimens
- 327
- Stops
- 17
- Names
- 207
- Types
- 0
- With images
- 327
- Km between stops
- 1,151
- Companions
- 2
- Departments
- 1
The route
1 February 1963
Day 1 of 99 · under way
Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot. Hollow-looking stops are placed at the centre of an island whose labels carry no coordinates.
What came home
The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Terebridae 36, Mitridae 23, Costellariidae 15, Arcidae 13, Conidae 10, Naticidae 10.
From the field
Peristernia squamosa
Dimya molokaia
Dentalium
Macoma obliquilineata
Cypraea
Haminoea curta
Septifer bryanae
Mitra typha
Siphonaria normalis
Spondylus







