Cymatium pileare

Cymatiidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 161
Date: April 23, 1962
Locality: Ala Moana, off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.2869, -157.8547
Record type: Preservedspecimen

118 Bishop specimens of Cymatium pileare · collected 1915–1995Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 23, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Cymatium pileare observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2019-03-06.

2019-03-06

252 Paoa Pl, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA

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Cite this specimen

Cymatium pileare. BPBM 218352. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218352.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026