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Crassostrea virginica in life
In life — Eastern Oyster, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Jessica Utrup, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jessica Utrup
BPBM 255242Malacology

Crassostrea virginica

Eastern Oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Ostreidae

Collected by
DeFelice, Ralph & Stephen Coles; DeFelice, Ralph & Stephen ColesStephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date
March 21, 1996
Locality
Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Pearl Harbor; Sta. 8; Middle Loch; West side of Waiawa Peninsula; near pier (Pan Am Clipper Dock)
Island
Oʻahu
Region
Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preservedspecimen
16 Bishop specimens of Crassostrea virginica · collected 1932–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 21, 1996, DeFelice, Ralph & Stephen Coles; DeFelice, Ralph & Stephen Coles also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Crassostrea virginica. BPBM 255242. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36189488. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/255242.

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