Pupa tessellata

Acteonidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 140
Date: April 8, 1962
Locality: Waikiki; off Waikiki
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 April 8, 1962, Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Pupa tessellata observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1962. 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 220465. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/220465.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026