Patella

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Patellidae

Collected by: Jens Mathias Ostergaard
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Tonga; Tongatapu Group; Tongatabu; Houma
Region: Tonga
Record type: Preservedspecimen

32 Bishop specimens of Patella · collected 1922–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, Jens Mathias Ostergaard also collected 24+ other specimens.

Patella observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17,697 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28

St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, GB

(c) Will Kostick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Perros-Guirec - Parking St Guirec de Ploumanac'h, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France

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

2026-10-28

Falmouth Bay, Falmouth, England, GB

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

2026-10-27

Rua da Artilharia Dois, Figueira da Foz, Centro, PT

(c) Pedro Oliveira, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

Perserverance Trail, Juneau, AK, US

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

2026-10-26

Falmouth, UK

(c) Laura Coles, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Patella. BPBM 203180. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/203180.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026