Turbo

Turbo Snails

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Trochida › Turbinidae

Collected by: E.W. Gifford; E.W. Gifford
Date: September 1, 1920
Locality: Tonga; Haapai Group; Haapai; Lifuka
Region: Tonga
Record type: Preservedspecimen

114 Bishop specimens of Turbo · collected 1902–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1920, E.W. Gifford; E.W. Gifford also collected 24+ other specimens.

Turbo observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1920. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17,154 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.

2026-10-29

Malabar, AU

(c) Malte Sellin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-29

Brambles Reserve Tarbuck Bay NSW 2428, Australia

(c) Dr Pamela Muggeridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)

2026-10-29

Māhia 4198, Nieuw-Zeeland

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

2026-10-28

Rockingham, AU-WA, AU

(c) duffelbag, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-28

Adelaide SA, Australia

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

2026-10-27

Lake View, King's Lynn PE31 7RB, UK

(c) Lewis Dunmore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Turbo. BPBM 68421. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39530933. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/68421.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39530933 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026