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Turbo petholatus
Tapestry Turban Snail
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Trochida › Turbinidae
- Collected by
- Francois Donat; A. SealeFrancois Donat →Alvin Seale →
- Date
- April 1, 1902
- Locality
- Mangareva
- Island
- Mangareva
- Region
- Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On April 1, 1902, Francois Donat; A. Seale also collected 4 other specimens.
Turbo petholatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1902. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 260 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-13.
2026-10-13
Moso, Vanuatu
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-11
AU
(c) mikrakov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-10
Christmas Island, Christmas Island, CX
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-10
Kabupaten Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, ID
(c) Dan Brown - Wild Discovery tours, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-29
Flying Fish Cove Shire of Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-29
Serua, FJ-CE, FJ
(c) wattsk47, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Turbo petholatus. BPBM 67889. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39530454. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/67889.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39530454 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026