Mitrella bella

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Columbellidae

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

23 Bishop specimens of Mitrella bella · collected 1916–1963Species page ›

Collected the same day

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

Mitrella albuginosa observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2021-11-19.

2021-11-19

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

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

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Cite this specimen

Mitrella bella. BPBM 263953. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37609825. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/263953.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37609825 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026