Pinaxia versicolor

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 122
Date: April 1, 1962
Locality: Ewa, off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3879, -157.9909
Record type: Preservedspecimen

34 Bishop specimens of Pinaxia versicolor · collected 1906–1963Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 1, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Pinaxia versicolor 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 2026-08-17.

2026-08-17

Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI, US

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Cite this specimen

Pinaxia versicolor. BPBM 218487. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218487.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026