Tellina robusta

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Tellinidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 87
Date: March 18, 1962
Locality: Sand Island; off inside white buoys
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

49 Bishop specimens of Tellina robusta · collected 1950–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 18, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Pinguitellina robusta observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-07-26.

2024-07-26

Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US

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2017-05-28

Kaneohe Bay, point W of Kahaluu

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Cite this specimen

Tellina robusta. BPBM 219110. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39035560. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/219110.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39035560 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026