Vexilla vexillum

Vexillum Rock Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Charles Alfred Allen
Date: August 1, 1948
Locality: Waialua
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.5714, -158.1272
Record type: Preservedspecimen

37 Bishop specimens of Vexilla vexillum · collected 1901–2021Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Vexilla vexillum observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-12-26.

2025-12-26

Kahuku, HI 96731, USA

no rights reserved

2025-12-20

Honolulu County, HI, USA

(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-25

North Pacific Ocean, Kahuku, HI, US

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

2025-03-03

Oʻahu, Mākaha, HI, US

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-07-20

Pupukea, HI 96712, USA

(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-04

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Vexilla vexillum. BPBM 249148. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/249148.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026