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Thais aculeata
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae
- Collected by
- D. B. Langford; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1949
- Locality
- Ogasawara Gunto {Entered as: Bonin Islands}; Ane Shima
- Region
- Ogasawara Gunto {Entered as: Bonin Islands}
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Thais aculeata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-06-12.

2025-06-12
Ningaloo, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
(c) warren cameron, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-05
Indian Ocean, Lyndon, WA, AU
(c) becthemarinegirl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-05
Irabu Sawada, Okinawa, JP
(c) Ted Judah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-12-08
Bateman Bay, Lyndon, WA, AU
(c) bushluver, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-20
Cape Range National Park WA 6707, Australia
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-10-22
Green Island QLD 4871, Australia
(c) Audrey Falconer and Leon Altoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Thais aculeata. BPBM 235548. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39091028. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/235548.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39091028 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
