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Melampus castaneus

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BPBM 171028Malacology

Melampus castaneus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Ellobiida › Ellobiidae

Collected by
Anna Harris; Wray HarrisAlbert Wray Harris {=Wray Harris →Wray Harris →
Date
April 6, 1937
Locality
Afuli - Fagamalo; rocky beach below shore cliffs; lower strand zones.
Island
Tau
Region
Manua District, American Samoa
Coordinates
-14.2526, -169.5006 ± 1,370 m
Identified by
Fred Brook
Record type
Preservedspecimen
34 Bishop specimens of Melampus castaneus · collected 1922–2019Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 6, 1937, Anna Harris; Wray Harris also collected 10 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Melampus castaneus. BPBM 171028. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37531336. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/171028.

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