Nassarius crematus

Burned Nassa

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Nassariidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition →
Collector number: 17
Date: December 28, 1961
Locality: Naval Air Station?; Explosive Area; between G & B buoys; 1/2 mile seaward of
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

159 Bishop specimens of Nassarius crematus · collected 1907–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

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

Nassarius crematus 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 2004-12-25.

2004-12-25

Maalaea Bay, Kihei, HI, US

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

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Cite this specimen

Nassarius crematus. BPBM 220610. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37640610. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/220610.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37640610 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026