Conus pulicarius

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Conidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 172
Date: April 29, 1962
Locality: Barbers Point
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3233, -158.0884
Record type: Preservedspecimen

297 Bishop specimens of Conus pulicarius · collected 1898–2003Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 29, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Conus pulicarius observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 44 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-04-19.

2026-04-19

Hoomohala Ave + Kamolehonua St, East Kapolei, HI 96706, USA

(c) Madi Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-24

North Pacific Ocean, HI, US

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-11-16

North Pacific Ocean, HI, US

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-09-16

Mamala Bay, HI, US

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-06-25

Electric Beach Outflow

(c) Craig Fujii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2025-03-29

Mamala Bay, HI, US

(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Conus pulicarius. BPBM 220293. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36126752. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/220293.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36126752 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026