Distorsio anus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Personidae

Collected by: Westcott Collection; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonL.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →Westcott Collection →
Collector number: Thurston #236
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

20 Bishop specimens of Distorsio anus · collected 1906–1962Species 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: Distorsio anus observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-11-03.

2025-11-03

Hawaii, US

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

2023-01-22

Point Panic

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

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Distorsio anus. BPBM 199881. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36532820. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/199881.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36532820 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026