Mitra cucumerina

Cucumber Mitre

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Mitridae

Collected by: L.A. Thurston & T.T. Dranga; L.A. ThurstonTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
Date: June 1, 1922
Locality: Central Pacific; Line Islands; Palmyra
Island: Palmyra Atoll
Region: United States Minor Outlying Islands
Coordinates: 5.8815, -162.0777 ± 4,199 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

104 Bishop specimens of Mitra cucumerina · collected 1898–2000Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On June 1, 1922, L.A. Thurston & T.T. Dranga; L.A. Thurston also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Pseudonebularia cucumerina observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2021-08-08.

2021-08-08

Palmyra, UM

(c) Ryan Rash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Mitra cucumerina. BPBM 67434. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37605217. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67434.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37605217 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026