Nerita picea

Hawaiian Black Nerite

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae

Collected by: Mario Menesini
Date: July 25, 1945
Locality: Oʻahu
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.4639, -157.9531
Record type: Preservedspecimen

176 Bishop specimens of Nerita picea · collected 1912–2023Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On July 25, 1945, Mario Menesini also collected 23 other specimens.

Still here: Nerita picea observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 190 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-15.

2026-10-15

JV3W+FC Halawia Airstrip, Haleiwa, HI 96712, USA

(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-30

Kamehameha Hwy + Pupukea Beach Park, Pupukea, HI 96712, USA

(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-25

Honolulu, HI, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-24

Firehouse, Pūpūkea, HI, US

(c) Jennifer Fieffer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-12

Māʻili Beach Park, 87-021 Farrington Hwy, Waianae, HI 96792, USA

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

2026-09-06

North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US

(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Nerita picea. BPBM 253547. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/253547.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026