Nerita polita

Polished Nerite

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae

Collected by: Baldwin; Baldwin
Collector number: RM's #: 119
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Maui
Island: Maui
Region: Maui County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 20.7927, -156.3582
Record type: Preservedspecimen

201 Bishop specimens of Nerita polita · collected 1902–2017Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, Baldwin; Baldwin also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Nerita polita observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-11-08.

2025-11-08

S. Kihei Rd./Mana Kai Resort (southbound), Wailea-Makena, HI 96753, USA

(c) mdm033, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-12

Makena, HI 96753, USA

(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-12

Maalaea Bay, Kihei, HI, US

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

2024-04-14

Wailea-Makena, HI, USA

(c) Joe Paquin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-12-12

Ku'au, Maui, Hawai'i, USA

(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2023-08-06

North Pacific Ocean, Kihei, HI, US

(c) Jack Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Nerita polita. BPBM 205191. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/205191.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026