Cerithium columna

Pillar Creeper

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cerithiidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 153
Date: April 18, 1962
Locality: Ala Moana; off -or- Kewalo Basin; off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

177 Bishop specimens of Cerithium columna · collected 1902–2011Species page ›

Collected the same day

On April 18, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cerithium columna observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-11-21.

2021-11-21

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-10-17

Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA

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

2017-06-18

Tunnels Beach, Kauai County, HI, USA

(c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2004-12-25

Maluaka Beach, Wailea-Makena, HI, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2002-12-26

Black Rock, Kaanapali, HI, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Cerithium columna. BPBM 217837. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35896022. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/217837.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35896022 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026