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Dendropoma platypus
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Vermetidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1939
- Locality
- Paumalu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Dendropoma platypus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-04-25.

2021-04-25
North Pacific Ocean, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) ctawater, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-04-25
North Pacific Ocean, Maili, HI, US
(c) Anuschka Faucci, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-05-28
Kaneohe Bay, Coconut Island
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2017-05-28
Kaneohe Bay, Coconut Island
(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Dendropoma platypus. BPBM 229145. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36356546. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/229145.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36356546 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
