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Mancinella echinata
Prickly Purple
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae
- Collected by
- D. B. Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1926
- Locality
- Japan; Nagoya; Kii
- Region
- Japan
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Mancinella echinata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 26 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-16.

2026-08-16
Port Hedland
(c) dorisreef, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-02
West, SG
(c) Tsu Soo Tan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-12
Cleaverville, WA, AU
(c) casper_smit, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-15
Cape Gloucester QLD 4800, Australia
(c) SnailTrail, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-08
Seaview Dr, Onslow, WA, AU
(c) casper_smit, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-17
Shoal Point
(c) SnailTrail, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Mancinella echinata. BPBM 235432. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37510369. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/235432.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37510369 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
