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Cerithium columna
Pillar Creeper
Cerithiidae
- Collected by
- Lorrin Andrews Thurston, Alex Anderson & Ted T. Dranga; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonAlex B. Anderson →Ted E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- Invalid Date
- Locality
- Pearl & Hermes Reef; Seal Island
- Island
- Pearl and Hermes Atoll
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Cerithium columna observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-11-21.
2021-11-21
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2019-10-17
Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2017-06-18
Tunnels Beach, Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2004-12-25
Maluaka Beach, Wailea-Makena, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2002-12-26
Black Rock, Kaanapali, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cerithium columna. BPBM 199541. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/199541.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026