Terebra

Terebridae

Collected by: Lorrin Andrews Thurston
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra
Island: Palmyra Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

357 Bishop specimens of Terebra · collected 1901–2022Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, Lorrin Andrews Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Terebra 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 2025-06-13.

2025-06-13

South Pacific Ocean, Palmyra Atoll, UM

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2024-06-13

Palmyra, UM

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Cite this specimen

Terebra. BPBM 201663. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/201663.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026