Planaxis suturalis

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Planaxidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition 1959; M. E. KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1959 →
Date: October 16, 1959
Locality: Keehi Lagoon, Off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3157, -157.9053
Record type: Preservedspecimen

15 Bishop specimens of Planaxis suturalis · collected 1920–2002Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 16, 1959, Pele Expedition 1959; M. E. King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Planaxis suturalis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-18.

2026-08-18

Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI, US

(c) megansmith9, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-04-02

Hawaii, US

(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Planaxis suturalis. BPBM 261441. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38115895. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/261441.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 38115895 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026