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Nerita polita
Polished Nerite
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1925
- Locality
- Wailupe; wireless station
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Nerita polita observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1925. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 232 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.
2026-10-11
Kaiminani, HI 96740, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-24
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Jennifer Fieffer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-23
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-06
Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) tristanbfried, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) tristanbfried, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nerita polita. BPBM 228173. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37651827. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/228173.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37651827 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026