Malea pomum

Apple Tun Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Tonnidae

Collected by: D. Thaanum
Date: April 1, 1923
Locality: Ocean Island {=Kure Atoll}
Island: Kure Atoll
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 28.4186, -178.3250
Record type: Preservedspecimen

46 Bishop specimens of Malea pomum · collected 1913–1997Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

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

Still here: Malea pomum observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-03-15.

2025-03-15

Kure Atoll, HI, US

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Cite this specimen

Malea pomum. BPBM 66377. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37506649. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66377.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37506649 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026