Nerita polita
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae
- Collected by
- Joseph Swift Emerson
- Collector number
- 410-X 30
- Date
- Invalid Date
- Locality
- Micronesia
- Region
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On Invalid Date, Joseph Swift Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Nerita polita observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 541 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
Octopus Resort, Fiji
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-17
Octopus Resort, Fiji
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-11
Kaiminani, HI 96740, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-09
台灣屏東縣恆春鎮
(c) 祐, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-08
Okinawa, JP
(c) Rex Jiang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-08
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nerita polita. BPBM 195496. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/195496.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026