Drupa ricinus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: T.T. Dranga
Date: August 21, 1924
Locality: Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra Island
Island: Palmyra Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

132 Bishop specimens of Drupa ricinus · collected 1828–2022Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 21, 1924, T.T. Dranga also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Drupa ricinus observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1924. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2021-08-01.

2021-08-01

Palmyra, UM

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Cite this specimen

Drupa ricinus. BPBM 66709. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36565589. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/66709.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36565589 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026