Arca kauaia

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Collected by: Grace Burgess (Pat Burgess Collection}
Date: 1951
Locality: Honolulu District; Waikiki, off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

17 Bishop specimens of Arca kauaia · collected 1949–1985Species page ›

Arca kauaia observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2005-11-23.

2005-11-23

Polo Beach Park, Maui

(c) Remington Tengs Jackson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Arca kauaia. BPBM 275205. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/275205.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026