Charonia tritonis

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Charoniidae

Collected by: D. Thaanum
Date: April 1, 1923
Locality: Central Pacific; Midway
Island: Midway Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 28.2098, -177.3623 ± 3,888 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

41 Bishop specimens of Charonia tritonis · collected 1915–2020Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 1, 1923, D. Thaanum also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Charonia tritonis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-01-10.

2025-01-10

Midway, United States Minor Outlying Islands

(c) Kyan Russell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-12-24

Midway, UM

(c) Kyan Russell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Charonia tritonis. BPBM 66276. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35928604. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66276.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 35928604 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026