Littorina pintado

Dotted Periwinkle

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Littorinidae

Collected by: Thaanum; Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Date: 1951
Locality: Kahaluu, Kona.
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 19.5798, -155.9664 ± 820 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

141 Bishop specimens of Littorina pintado · collected 1828–2023Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Littoraria pintado observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 133 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-10.

2026-10-10

Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI, USA

(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-06

Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, HI, US

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

2026-08-30

Mauna Loa, Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, HI, US

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

2026-08-16

Ali'i Drive @ Royal Kona Resort, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA

(c) mdm033, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-15

Kailua-Kona, HI, USA

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

2026-07-05

North Pacific Ocean, Kalaoa, HI, US

(c) P-Hill Trekker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Littorina pintado. BPBM 228514. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37455321. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/228514.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37455321 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026