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Murex pele
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae
- Collected by
- Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1916
- Locality
- Waikiki, Off; Map 34, Loc. 8.
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2823, -157.8310 ± 2,029 m
- Type status
- Type lot
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Homalocantha pele observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1916. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-04-02.
2022-04-02
Hawaii, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-05-27
Kaneohe Bay, N of Kapapa Island
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Murex pele. BPBM 225582. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37625997. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/225582.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37625997 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026