Anomia walteri

Golden Oyster

Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Pectinida › Anomiidae

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; Waikato; Bay of Islands
Region: New Zealand
Record type: Preservedspecimen

2 Bishop specimens of Anomia walteri · collected 1917–1917Species page ›

Collected the same day

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

Anomia trigonopsis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1917. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 570 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.

2026-10-23

Chowder Bay Rd, Mosman, NSW, AU

(c) alishba_a3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Chowder Bay Rd, Mosman, NSW, AU

(c) alishba_a3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Chowder Bay Rd opp Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman NSW 2088, Australia

(c) enaturalist321, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-29

Binalup / Middleton Beach, Middleton Beach, AU

(c) Danica Dahlia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-11

Waikato, NZ

(c) Gabriel Fisher-Navarro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-09

Te Arai, New Zealand

(c) Thomas Simpson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Anomia walteri. BPBM 65510. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35090830. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/65510.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35090830 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026