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Nerita polita
Polished Nerite
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1928
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Kumejima; Gima
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Nerita polita observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 541 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
Octopus Resort, Fiji
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-17
Octopus Resort, Fiji
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-11
Kaiminani, HI 96740, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-09
台灣屏東縣恆春鎮
(c) 祐, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-08
Okinawa, JP
(c) Rex Jiang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-08
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nerita polita. BPBM 228181. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37651914. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/228181.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37651914 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026