Venus toreuma

Veneridae

Collected by: Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1959 →
Collector number: 957
Date: August 1, 1959
Locality: West Maui; Lahaina, off
Island: Maui
Region: Maui County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 20.8700, -156.6796 ± 2,709 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

16 Bishop specimens of Venus toreuma · collected 1959–1982Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Still here: Venus toreuma observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-09-30.

2022-09-30

Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA

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Cite this specimen

Venus toreuma. BPBM 218977. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/218977.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026