Mactra thaanumi

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Venerida › Mactridae

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

36 Bishop specimens of Mactra thaanumi · collected 1927–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

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

Mactra thaanumi 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 2005-04-15.

2005-04-15

Pu‘U Keka‘A, Kaanapali, HI 96761, USA

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Cite this specimen

Mactra thaanumi. BPBM 263972. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37501077. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/263972.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37501077 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026