Dendropoma platypus

Animalia › Mollusca › Vermetidae

Collected by: R. DeFelice & S. Coles; S. ColesStephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date: January 26, 2000
Locality: Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Kaneohe Bay; Sta. 25; Moku Manu Is.
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

10 Bishop specimens of Dendropoma platypus · collected 1905–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 26, 2000, R. DeFelice & S. Coles; S. Coles also collected 24+ other specimens.

Dendropoma platypus observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2000. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-04-25.

2021-04-25

North Pacific Ocean, East Honolulu, HI, US

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2021-04-25

North Pacific Ocean, Maili, HI, US

(c) Anuschka Faucci, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2017-05-28

Kaneohe Bay, Coconut Island

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2017-05-28

Kaneohe Bay, Coconut Island

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Cite this specimen

Dendropoma platypus. BPBM 261043. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36356181. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/261043.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36356181 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026