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Merelina
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Lironobidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1928
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Naha, off
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Merelina observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-05.
2026-05-05
Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand
(c) Mike Lusk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-25
Northland Region, New Zealand
(c) Mike Lusk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-25
Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand
(c) Mike Lusk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-27
Auckland, New Zealand
(c) Joseph Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-05
Makaiwa Bay, Waikoloa Beach Resort, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2025-03-05
Makaiwa Bay, Waikoloa Beach Resort, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Merelina. BPBM 228978. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37562506. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/228978.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37562506 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026