Turbo petholatus

Turbinidae

Collected by: Joseph Swift Emerson
Collector number: X 193
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Micronesia
Region: Federated States of Micronesia
Record type: Preservedspecimen

57 Bishop specimens of Turbo petholatus · collected 1902–1980Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, Joseph Swift Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Turbo petholatus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 260 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-13.

2026-10-13

Moso, Vanuatu

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-11

AU

(c) mikrakov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-10

Christmas Island, Christmas Island, CX

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-10

Kabupaten Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, ID

(c) Dan Brown - Wild Discovery tours, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-29

Flying Fish Cove Shire of Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-29

Serua, FJ-CE, FJ

(c) wattsk47, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Turbo petholatus. BPBM 195232. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/195232.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026