Melania

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Pleuroceridae

Collected by: L.H. MacDaniels; L.H. MacDaniels
Date: May 11, 1927
Locality: N Quad ; Papenoo Dist.; Papenoo Valley, 1-15 mi. inland
Island: Tahiti
Region: Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Record type: Preservedspecimen

356 Bishop specimens of Melania · collected 1902–2026Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 11, 1927, L.H. MacDaniels; L.H. MacDaniels also collected 24+ other specimens.

Melania observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,272 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

日本〒905-1204 沖繩縣國頭郡東村 Taira, J5P7+QC

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2026-10-25

平良, 東村, 沖繩縣, JP

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

2026-10-25

Hentona, Kunigami, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-1411日本

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2026-10-24

878 Janagushiku, Ogimi Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-1302日本

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2026-10-23

Katira, Provincia de Alajuela, Guatuso, Costa Rica

(c) Yeffry Quesada Bermúdez., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22

Okinawa, JP

(c) Nakatada Wachi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Melania. BPBM 87035. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37536791. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/87035.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37536791 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026