Murex pecten

Venus' Comb Murex

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: Aru Island; Dobo
Region: Aru Island
Record type: Preservedspecimen

9 Bishop specimens of Murex pecten · collected 1928–1940Species page ›

Murex pecten observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-03-03.

2026-03-03

zamboanguita

(c) Robin Gwen Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-09

Madagascar

(c) imogenrose123, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-17

Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental, Philippines

(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-02-10

Veerampattinam, Puducherry, India

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

2025-01-31

Jiyang, Sanya, Hainan, CN

(c) Yu Yangsheng, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-10-19

Selat Lombok, Petites Îles de la Sonde occidentales, ID

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

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Cite this specimen

Murex pecten. BPBM 234930. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37625511. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/234930.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37625511 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026