Strombus dentatus

Toothed Conch

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Strombidae

Collected by: Westcott Collection; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonL.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →Westcott Collection →
Collector number: Thurston #245
Date: December 18, 1932
Locality: Honolulu Harbor
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3102, -157.8762 ± 1,584 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

86 Bishop specimens of Strombus dentatus · collected 1906–1996Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 18, 1932, Westcott Collection; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Tridentarius dentatus observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-06-11.

2025-06-11

Hawaii, US

(c) Olie Turner III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-02-28

Point Panic

(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-02-02

Point Panic

(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Strombus dentatus. BPBM 199856. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38823686. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/199856.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 38823686 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026