BPBM 201394Malacology

Morula porphyrostoma

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Lorrin Andrews Thurston, Ted T. Dranga & Alex Anderson; Lorrin Andrews ThurstonAlex B. Anderson →Ted E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
Date: April 1, 1927
Locality: Pearl & Hermes Reef; North Island
Island: Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

12 Bishop specimens of Morula porphyrostoma · collected 1923–1962Species page ›

Collected the same day

On April 1, 1927, Lorrin Andrews Thurston, Ted T. Dranga & Alex Anderson; Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.

Morula porphyrostoma observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-17.