Chicoreus insularum

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 5
Date: December 23, 1961
Locality: Fort Kamehameha, off
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 December 23, 1961, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Chicoreus insularum observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1961. 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 218423. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35954432. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218423.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35954432 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026