BPBM 199979Malacology

Haminoea galba

Haminoeidae

Collected by: Lorrin Andrews Thurston
Date: 1906
Locality: Paumalu
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

9 Bishop specimens of Haminoea galba · collected 1906–2001Species page ›

Haminoea galba observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1906. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-10-08.

2021-10-08

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-05-31

Kaneohe Bay, inshore (SW) of Kapapa Island

(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2017-05-25

Kaneohe Bay, S of Kapapa Island

(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2014-05-07

Kauai, Hawaii, USA

(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Haminoea galba. BPBM 199979. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/199979.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026