Dendostrea sandvicensis

Hawaiian Oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Ostreidae

Collected by: R. DeFelice & S. Coles; S. ColesStephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →
Date: January 19, 2000
Locality: Hawaiian Islands; Oahu; Kaneohe Bay; Sta. 12; Heeia Kea Pier
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 January 19, 2000, R. DeFelice & S. Coles; S. Coles also collected 24+ other specimens.

Dendostrea sandvichensis observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2000. 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 263749. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36359203. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/263749.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36359203 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026