Nerita picea

Hawaiian Black Nerite

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae

Collected by: Joseph Swift Emerson; Joseph Swift Emerson
Collector number: 410-X 33
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Kahala; near Dr. M. P. Larsen's Place
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

176 Bishop specimens of Nerita picea · collected 1912–2023Species page ›

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, Joseph Swift Emerson; Joseph Swift Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Nerita picea observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,168 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.

2026-10-20

Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-15

JV3W+FC Halawia Airstrip, Haleiwa, HI 96712, USA

(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-12

Kamehameha Hwy, Kawela Bay, HI, US

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

2026-10-12

Kamehameha Hwy, Kawela Bay, HI, US

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

2026-10-10

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, HI, US

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

2026-10-10

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, HI, US

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

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Cite this specimen

Nerita picea. BPBM 195640. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/195640.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026