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Polinices tumidus
Pear-shaped Sand Snail
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Naticidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum
- Collector number
- 6279
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Yaeyama; Ishigaki; Kuroshima Island
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Polinices mammilla observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 118 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-28.
2026-08-28
Green Island QLD, Australia
(c) Richard Littauer, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-21
Вааву, Мальдивы
(c) Taisiya Manyuk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-10
Cape Gloucester QLD 4800, Australia
(c) SnailTrail, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-03
China
(c) 管牧山, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Singapore, SG, SG
(c) Su Myat Lin Tun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Southern Islands, Singapore
(c) Zin Sann Naing, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Polinices tumidus. BPBM 233714. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38169761. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/233714.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 38169761 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026