Turbo granosus

Southern Cat's Eye

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Trochida › Turbinidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: New Zealand; North Island; Lyall Bay, Cook Strait.
Region: New Zealand
Record type: Preservedspecimen

4 Bishop specimens of Turbo granosus · collected 1917–1917Species page ›

Modelia granosa observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 88 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-15.

2026-08-15

Aramoana 2nd beach, Otago Region, New Zealand

(c) Villa Nautilus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-22

Stewart Island, Southland, NZ

no rights reserved

2026-02-09

Southland Region 9818, New Zealand

(c) cathartesaurus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-19

Paringa 7886, New Zealand

(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-19

Chatham Islands Territory 8016, New Zealand

(c) Archie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-12-12

Tamatea/Dusky Sound, Mararoa Waimea Ward, Southland, NZ

(c) Pure Salt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Turbo granosus. BPBM 227729. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39531557. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/227729.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39531557 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026