Pupa tessellata

Acteonidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 21
Date: December 29, 1961
Locality: Waikiki; parallel to & 200 yards off Waikiki Beach
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

40 Bishop specimens of Pupa tessellata · collected 1914–1963Species page ›

Collected the same day

On December 29, 1961, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Pupa tessellata 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 2021-05-01.

2021-05-01

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Pupa tessellata. BPBM 220461. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/220461.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026