Nerita plicata

Pleated Nerite

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae

Collected by: Jens Mathias Ostergaard; Jens Mathias Ostergaard
Date: July 1, 1926
Locality: Tonga; Tongatapu Group; Tongatabu; Nukualofa
Region: Tonga
Record type: Preservedspecimen

169 Bishop specimens of Nerita plicata · collected 1902–2022Species page ›

Collected the same day

On July 1, 1926, Jens Mathias Ostergaard; Jens Mathias Ostergaard also collected 24+ other specimens.

Nerita plicata observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,270 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.

2026-10-29

Brooms Head NSW 2463, Australia

(c) Bee-yonce, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

G8HG+52, Anjiabe, Madagascar

(c) voyageurs_lyonnais, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

884J+824, Kattupalli Village, Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu 600120, India

(c) Bhuvaneshwari 1598, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia

(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Gambier, Polynésie française

(c) Louis Beney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22

Octopus Resort, Fiji

(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Nerita plicata. BPBM 202619. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/202619.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026