Charonia tritonis

Giant Triton Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Charoniidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa
Region: Ryukyu Islands
Record type: Preservedspecimen

41 Bishop specimens of Charonia tritonis · collected 1915–2020Species page ›

Charonia tritonis observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 648 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.

2026-10-21

Flying Fish Cove Shire of Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-18

Sèche croissant, Païta, Nouvelle-Calédonie

(c) Claire Goiran, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

El Rincon

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

2026-10-07

(c) trini-seabling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05

(c) Max Carter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-18

Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES

(c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Cite this specimen

Charonia tritonis. BPBM 234010. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35932034. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/234010.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35932034 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026