Cymatium tuberosum
short-neck triton
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Cymatiidae
- Collected by
- Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Collector number
- Thurston #31
- Date
- January 3, 1927
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor; Naval Station; Hospital Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On January 3, 1927, Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 2 other specimens.
Gutturnium muricinum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-08.

2026-02-08
Honokōwai Beach Park, Lahaina, HI 96761, USA
(c) Beth Burrous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-26
Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-01-10
Kahaone Pl, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-19
Magic Island Beach, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) dude_mala, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-26
Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-02-25
Waikiki, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cymatium tuberosum. BPBM 198709. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36254457. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/198709.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36254457 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026





