Corallophila erosa

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 95
Date: March 22, 1962
Locality: Keehi buoys, between
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

24 Bishop specimens of Corallophila erosa · collected 1959–1962Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 22, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Coralliophila erosa observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2016-05-31.

2016-05-31

Kapalua, HI 96761, USA

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2013-06-18

Kapalua Bay Beach, Kapalua, HI 96761, USA

(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2011-11-03

Kapalua, HI 96761, USA

(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Corallophila erosa. BPBM 218610. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36162474. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218610.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36162474 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026