Viriola fallax

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Triphoridae

Collected by: D. B. Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
Collector number: 6279
Date: 1917
Locality: Waikiki; off; Map 34, Loc. 8
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

28 Bishop specimens of Viriola fallax · collected 1917–2003Species page ›

Viriolopsis fallax observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1917. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-05.

2025-03-05

Kikaua Point, Kailua Kona, HI, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2024-07-03

Hawaii, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-05-26

Kaneohe Bay, N of Kekepa Island

(c) smithsonian_marinegeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2017-05-26

Kaneohe Bay, outer reef beyond Kapapa Island

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Cite this specimen

Viriola fallax. BPBM 230135. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39657097. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/230135.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39657097 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026