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Tellina palatam
rough ridged tellin
Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Tellinidae
- Collected by
- Alan J. Kohn; Alan J. Kohn
- Date
- December 25, 1978
- Locality
- Kahe Point; Nanakuli Sea Cliffs
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On December 25, 1978, Alan J. Kohn; Alan J. Kohn also collected 18 other specimens.
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Bivalvia
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Coralliophila bulbiformis
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Ctena bella
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Cymatium
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Cypraea
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Cypraea caputserpentis
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Cypraea isabella
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Cypraea scurra
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Mitra
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Ostreidae
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Periglypta reticulata
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Rhinoclavis sinensis
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Septifer vaughani
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Strombus mutabilis ostergaardi
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Trochus intextus
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Turbo sandwicensis
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Quidnipagus palatam observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 19 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-06-22.
2026-06-22
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Ryan Durand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-04
Maalaea Bay, Kīhei, HI, US
(c) Paula, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-31
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-16
Kailua, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-01
Anaehoomalu Bay, Waikoloa, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2025-02-09
HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Tellina palatam. BPBM 258152. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39019757. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/258152.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39019757 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026