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BPBM 136884Malacology

Melampus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Ellobiida › Ellobiidae

Collector number
Bottle 814
Date
September 2, 1934
Locality
Moto Arapi 2d Makatea bluff south of Avera; inland 50-100 feet
Island
Rurutu
Region
Austral Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates
-22.4904, -151.3515 ± 1,855 m
Record type
Preservedspecimen
340 Bishop specimens of Melampus · collected 1902–2023Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 2, 1934, Kondo, Yoshio, Anderson, Donald, & Cooke, C.M.; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 2 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Melampus. BPBM 136884. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/136884.

Record sources

  • Last harvested October 27, 2026