Dendostrea sandvicensis

Hawaiian Oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Ostreidae

Collected by: R. DeFelice & S. Coles; S. ColesStephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date: November 10, 1999
Locality: Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Kaneohe Bay; Sta. 14; Floating City
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

69 Bishop specimens of Dendostrea sandvicensis · collected 1959–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On November 10, 1999, R. DeFelice & S. Coles; S. Coles also collected 24+ other specimens.

Dendostrea sandvichensis observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1999. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2018-06-23.

2018-06-23

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Rebecca Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Dendostrea sandvicensis. BPBM 263601. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36357343. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/263601.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36357343 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026