Morula

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Samuel Luther Kimball; Samuel Luther Kimball
Collector number: Kimball #66
Date: October 10, 1943
Locality: Christmas Island
Island: Kiritimati
Region: Kiribati
Coordinates: 1.8401, -157.3682 ± 27,331 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

131 Bishop specimens of Morula · collected 1902–2011Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 10, 1943, Samuel Luther Kimball; Samuel Luther Kimball also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Morula observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-03-08.

2025-03-08

London

(c) Dave Schatzmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Morula. BPBM 201160. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/201160.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026