Tellina rugosa

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Tellinidae

Collected by: Joseph Swift Emerson; Joseph Swift Emerson
Collector number: #453
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Honolulu Harbor
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3102, -157.8762 ± 1,584 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

26 Bishop specimens of Tellina rugosa · collected 1919–1930Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Still here: Quidnipagus palatam observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-22.

2026-06-22

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) Ryan Durand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-31

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-03-16

Kailua, HI, US

(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-01

Honolulu, HI 96821, USA

no rights reserved

2025-01-05

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-06-24

Kualoa Regional Park, Kaneohe, HI, US

(c) Ty Sharrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Tellina rugosa. BPBM 196574. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39019889. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/196574.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39019889 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026