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Fasciolaria trapezium
Trapezium horse conch
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Fasciolariidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1928
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Chishima Island
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Pleuroploca trapezium observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 133 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.
2026-10-21
ray alley Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-10-21
ray alley Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-10-07
Al-Ghurdaqah, EG-BA, EG
(c) Andrey Danilin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-16
bikini reef Point, Durban, 4001, South Africa
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-05-10
doodles Ponta do Ouro Maputo, Ponta do Ouro 0000, Mozambique
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-04-02
Mjini, TZ-ZW, TZ
(c) Jonathan Walz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Fasciolaria trapezium. BPBM 237492. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36839626. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/237492.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36839626 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026