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Conus pulicarius
Flea-bitten Cone
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Conidae
- Collected by
- Dranga, Ted T. & Ditlev Thaanum; ThaanumTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 432,v
- Date
- 1936
- Locality
- West Maui; Lahaina; Boat harbor
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Maui County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8708, -156.6783 ± 250 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Conus pulicarius observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1936. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-01.

2026-08-01
Lahaina, HI, USA
(c) orionsmcc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-05
Maui, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) taylorlamprecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-05-22
Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2021-03-24
HI, US
(c) Jules L, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2020-02-08
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-04-27
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) cory-pittman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Conus pulicarius. BPBM 239346. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36127006. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/239346.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36127006 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
