Mitra typha

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Collected by: Pele Expedition 1963; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1963 →
Date: March 30, 1963
Locality: Keehi, ewa {=west} from
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

43 Bishop specimens of Mitra typha · collected 1949–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 30, 1963, Pele Expedition 1963; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Carinomitra typha observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1963. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-11-07.

2021-11-07

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

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

2017-05-28

Kaneohe Bay,outside reef N end of Bay

(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2017-05-27

Kaneohe Bay, N of Kapapa Island

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Cite this specimen

Mitra typha. BPBM 221433. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37605060. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/221433.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37605060 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026