BPBM 266678Malacology

Isognomon legumen

Irregular Toothed Oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Ostreida › Isognomonidae

Collected by: Reath, Pakki; HWN Island Harbor Survey/ Coles, SteveStephen L. Coles →HWN Island Harbor Survey →Pakki A. Reath →
Date: November 11, 2002
Locality: Hawaiian Archipelago; Kauai; Station 1; NWW {Nawiliwili? -RKK}; Main Pier
Island: Kauaʻi
Region: Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

38 Bishop specimens of Isognomon legumen · collected 1910–2008Species page ›

Collected the same day

On November 11, 2002, Reath, Pakki; HWN Island Harbor Survey/ Coles, Steve also collected 24+ other specimens.

Isognomon legumen observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 2002. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2017-05-30.

2017-05-30

Kaneohe Bay, off N tip of Mokapu base

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2017-05-28

Kaneohe Bay,outside reef N end of Bay

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2017-05-27

Kaneohe Bay, N of Kapapa Island

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Cite this specimen

Isognomon legumen. BPBM 266678. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37284452. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/266678.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37284452 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026