Trophon ambiguus

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: H.C. Higgins; J.S. EmersonJoseph Swift Emerson →H.C. Higgins →
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: New Zealand; North Island; Tauranga; Mt. Maunganui.
Region: New Zealand
Record type: Preservedspecimen

2 Bishop specimens of Trophon ambiguus · collected 1930–1930Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, H.C. Higgins; J.S. Emerson also collected 23 other specimens.

Xymenopsis muriciformis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-09-18.

2024-09-18

V9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

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2023-11-07

Tierra del Fuego, Timaukel, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region, CL

(c) Andrew Keaveney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-10-28

Argentina

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2020-01-27

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

(c) Gonzalo Bravo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2020-01-25

Canal de Beagle

(c) Mauro Marcinkevicius, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-10-24

Ushuaia, AR-TF, AR

(c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Trophon ambiguus. BPBM 68857. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39501493. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/68857.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39501493 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026