Melampus castanea

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Ellobiida › Ellobiidae

Collected by: Thaanum; Thaanum
Date: October 13, 1911
Locality: Puna
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 19.5403, -155.0998 ± 4,989 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

3 Bishop specimens of Melampus castanea · collected 1911–1911Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 13, 1911, Thaanum; Thaanum also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Melampus castaneus observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1911. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-29.

2026-08-29

Laehala St, Hilo, HI, US

(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-09-20

Hawaii County, US-HI, US

(c) toler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-10-03

Hawaii, Hawaii, United States

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-10-03

Hawaii, Hawaii, United States

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-01-03

Hawaiʻi, Hilo, HI, US

(c) Matthew Thompson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-10-09

Hilo, 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

Melampus castanea. BPBM 23183. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37529890. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/23183.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37529890 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026