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Rhizochilus madreporarum
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae
- Collected by
- Ted T. Dranga, Lorrin Andrews Thurston, & W.McGrew; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →W.McGrew →
- Collector number
- 198766
- Date
- April 1, 1923
- Locality
- Honolulu Harbor; entrance
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2867, -157.8800
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 1, 1923, Ted T. Dranga, Lorrin Andrews Thurston, & W.McGrew; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Galeropsis monodonta observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-01.

2026-06-01
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-05-25
Kaneohe Bay, Kapapa Island, NE side
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2011-06-05
O‘ahu, Hawaii, USA
(c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Rhizochilus madreporarum. BPBM 198767. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38445053. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/198767.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38445053 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026

