Chicoreus insularum

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1959 →
Collector number: 914
Date: May 1, 1959
Locality: Waianae Bay
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

22 Bishop specimens of Chicoreus insularum · collected 1949–1986Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 1, 1959, Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Chicoreus insularum observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2017-05-26.

2017-05-26

Kaneohe Bay, N of Kekepa Island

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Cite this specimen

Chicoreus insularum. BPBM 218421. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218421.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026