BPBM 280016Malacology

Oxymeris maculata

Big Auger

Terebridae

Collected by: Yokoyama, Kenji; Kenji Yokoyama EstateKona agent of Bishop Estate →Kenji Yokoyama →
Date: September 12, 1960
Locality: South Kohala; Kawaihae; Parker Ranch Beach
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 20.0043, -155.8262 ± 500 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

52 Bishop specimens of Oxymeris maculata · collected 1960–1979Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 12, 1960, Yokoyama, Kenji; Kenji Yokoyama Estate also collected 1 other specimen.

Oxymeris maculata

Malacology

Still here: Oxymeris maculata observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2019-12-19.

2019-12-19

Puako, HI, USA

(c) Julia Lewis DVM, MPH, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Cite this specimen

Oxymeris maculata. BPBM 280016. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/280016.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026