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Arca ventricosa
Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Arcida › Arcidae
- Collected by
- Charles Baener; Grace Burgess (C.M. Burgess Collection)Charles Baener →Grace Burgess Grace Burgess →
- Date
- December 5, 1954
- Locality
- Kwajalein
- Island
- Kwajalein Atoll
- Region
- Marshall Islands
- Coordinates
- 8.7297, 167.7297 ± 1,871 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On December 5, 1954, Charles Baener; Grace Burgess (C.M. Burgess Collection) also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Arca ventricosa observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1954. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2016-10-15.

2016-10-15
Kwajalein Atoll, RMI
(c) uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2014-10-27
Kwajalein Atoll, RMI
(c) uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2010-10-03
Kwajalein Atoll, RMI
(c) uwkwaj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Arca ventricosa. BPBM 277718. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/277718.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
