Ostrea hanleyana

coin oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Ostreidae

Collected by: Lorrin Andrews Thurston
Date: December 18, 1932
Locality: Kau; Kaulana
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 18.9159, -155.6680 ± 585 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

25 Bishop specimens of Ostrea hanleyana · collected 1923–2008Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Cite this specimen

Ostrea hanleyana. BPBM 200506. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37856904. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/200506.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37856904 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026