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Bulla vernicosa
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cephalaspidea › Bullidae
- Collected by
- Thaanum; Thaanum, Ditlev
- Collector number
- 640,f
- Date
- 1921
- Locality
- Hilo; Keokea
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4155, -155.9026 ± 573 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Bulla vernicosa observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1921. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-03-10.

2025-03-10
North Pacific Ocean, Hōlualoa, HI, US
(c) Kate Bowles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-02
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) rolandwirth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-01-28
Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA
(c) Robin Gwen Agarwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Bulla vernicosa. BPBM 258500. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35651669. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/258500.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35651669 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
