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Planaxis sulcata
Tropical Periwinkle
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Planaxidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1932
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Yaeyama; Ishigaki; Nagura Bay
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Planaxis sulcatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 590 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
Shubham Cooperative Housing Society, 29/A, Ltd, Malad West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400061, India
(c) vkmhatre1110, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-15
Woolgoolga NSW 2456, Australia
(c) Adrian Gale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-14
Curtis Island QLD, Australia
(c) Copris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09
Etty Bay QLD, Australia
(c) RattyExplores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09
Etty Bay QLD, Australia
(c) RattyExplores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
香港新界船灣G6WW+CX
(c) aprshk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Planaxis sulcata. BPBM 229297. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38110386. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/229297.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38110386 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
