Tellina robusta

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Tellinidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition 1963; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1963 →
Collector number: 197
Date: March 10, 1963
Locality: Pokai Bay, off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.4444, -158.1927
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On March 10, 1963, Pele Expedition 1963; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Tellina robusta observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1963. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-07-26.

2024-07-26

Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US

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Cite this specimen

Tellina robusta. BPBM 221359. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/221359.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026