Tellina crucigera

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Tellinidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 16
Date: December 28, 1961
Locality: Naval Air Station?; Explosive Area; B & A buoys, 1/2 way between
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

63 Bishop specimens of Tellina crucigera · collected 1941–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On December 28, 1961, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Tellinella crucigera 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 2002-12-26.

2002-12-26

Koloa Landing, Hanakaape Bay, Koloa, HI 96756, USA

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Tellina crucigera. BPBM 219054. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39027301. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/219054.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39027301 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026