Triton chlorostomus

Gold-Mouthed Triton Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Charoniidae

Collected by: Joseph S. Emerson
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Micronesia
Region: Federated States of Micronesia
Record type: Preservedspecimen

3 Bishop specimens of Triton chlorostomus · collected 1930–1930Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, Joseph S. Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Monoplex nicobaricus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 398 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.

2026-10-21

Flying Fish Cove Shire of Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-07

(c) trini-seabling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26

Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES

(c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-09-14

Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES

(c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-09-01

Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES

(c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-08-22

Flying Fish Cove Shire of Christmas Island 6798, Christmas Island

(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Triton chlorostomus. BPBM 69440. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39443610. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69440.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39443610 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026