Natica tessellata

Spotted Sand Shell

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Naticidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 16
Date: December 28, 1961
Locality: 1/2 mile seaward of Explosive Area; between G & B Buoys {Barbers Point?}
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

35 Bishop specimens of Natica tessellata · collected 1959–1962Species page ›

Collected the same day

On December 28, 1961, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Natica tessellata. BPBM 218148. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37641151. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218148.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37641151 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026