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Pinna muricata in life — In life — Prickly Pen Shell, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by uwkwaj

BPBM 275838Malacology

Pinna muricata

Prickly Pen Shell

Pinnidae

Collected by: Grace Burgess
Collector number: 292-1; 292-3
Date: 1947
Locality: Kahaluu
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.4534, -157.8260
Record type: Preservedspecimen

33 Bishop specimens of Pinna muricata · collected 1908–2003Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Pinna muricata. BPBM 275838. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/275838.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026