Turbo smaragdus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Trochida › Turbinidae

Collected by: E.G.B. Moss; Mrs. A.E. MossE.G.B. Moss →Moss {=A.E. Moss →
Date: September 1, 1917
Locality: New Zealand; North Island; Auckland
Region: New Zealand
Record type: Preservedspecimen

9 Bishop specimens of Turbo smaragdus · collected 1917–1930Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1917, E.G.B. Moss; Mrs. A.E. Moss also collected 24+ other specimens.

Lunella smaragda observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1917. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,882 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

Taylors Mistake Bay, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

(c) Frank Ashwood, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-24

Nelson 7071, New Zealand

(c) Andrew Nevin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24

Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

(c) d_kluza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-24

Frank Kitts tidepools, Wellington, New Zealand

(c) d_kluza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-23

Shag Point 9482, New Zealand

(c) Jenny Saito, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-21

Auckland 0600, New Zealand

(c) wild-fire, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Turbo smaragdus. BPBM 65357. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39534041. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/65357.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39534041 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026