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BPBM 280735Malacology
Purpura aperta
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae
- Collected by
- Grace Burgess [C.M. Burgess Collection
- Collector number
- #204-2
- Date
- August 1, 1940
- Locality
- Keei
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4630, -155.9238 ± 361 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 1, 1940, Grace Burgess [C.M. Burgess Collection also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Purpura aperta observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-04-08.
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Purpura aperta. BPBM 280735. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/280735.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026