Voluta musica

Music Volute

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Volutidae

Collected by: H.C. Higgins; Joseph S. EmersonJoseph Swift Emerson →H.C. Higgins →
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: West Indies; Barbados
Region: West Indies
Record type: Preservedspecimen

2 Bishop specimens of Voluta musica · collected 1930–1930Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, H.C. Higgins; Joseph S. Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Voluta musica observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 42 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-10.

2026-10-10

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, VC

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

2026-10-07

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

2026-09-24

QJM4+WV2, Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago

(c) Ivan Hinkson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-09-13

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, VC

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

2026-08-19

Trinidad and Tobago

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

2026-06-05

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

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Cite this specimen

Voluta musica. BPBM 69496. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39656385. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/69496.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39656385 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026