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Hippopus hippopus

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BPBM 197517Malacology

Hippopus hippopus

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Cardiidae

Collected by: Johnson; USOM [=Smithsonian Institution]Johnson →Usom →
Date: December 17, 1947
Locality: Rongelap Atoll
Island: Rongelap Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Coordinates: 11.3549, 166.8361 ± 27,468 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

11 Bishop specimens of Hippopus hippopus · collected 1926–1976Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 17, 1947, Johnson; USOM [=Smithsonian Institution] also collected 1 other specimen.

Fragum fragum

Malacology

Cite this specimen

Hippopus hippopus. BPBM 197517. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/197517.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026