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Cerithium mutatum
Prickly Horn Snail
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cerithiidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1918
- Locality
- West Maui; Lahaina; off Launiupako Camp.
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Maui County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8497, -156.6484 ± 1,430 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Cerithium echinatum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1918. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-02-12.

2026-02-12
Kahekili 1
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-10-17
Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2018-05-25
Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2016-08-26
Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cerithium mutatum. BPBM 229508. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35896289. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/229508.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35896289 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
