Macoma obliquilineata

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Tellinidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition 1959; M.E. KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1959 →
Date: August 29, 1959
Locality: Keehi Lagoon, Off; outside explosive anchorage area
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

31 Bishop specimens of Macoma obliquilineata · collected 1949–2010Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 29, 1959, Pele Expedition 1959; M.E. King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Jactellina clathrata observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-12-20.

2025-12-20

Waipahe Pl, Ko Olina, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-01-16

North Pacific Ocean, Honolulu, HI, US

(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Macoma obliquilineata. BPBM 263846. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37498379. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/263846.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37498379 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026