Malea pomum

Apple Tun Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Tonnidae

Collected by: H.G. Hornbostel; H.G. Hornbostel
Date: Invalid Date
Locality: Tumon Bay
Region: Guam
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Collected the same day

On Invalid Date, H.G. Hornbostel; H.G. Hornbostel also collected 24+ other specimens.

Malea pomum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 113 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie

(c) Carole BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-19

Hoʻonani Rd, Poʻipū, HI, US

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

2026-04-22

Namena, Fiji

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-12-19

Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie

(c) Carole BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-12

Desroches Island - North Point

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

2025-11-08

Kaafu, MV

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

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Cite this specimen

Malea pomum. BPBM 67727. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37508018. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67727.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37508018 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026