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Cryptopecten pallium

Painted Scallop

2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1926

First collected

1955

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by Ostergaard, J. M.; Ostergaard, Jens M. (Tonga; Tongatapu Group; Tongatapu; Nukualofa Beach).

From the collection

Cryptopecten pallium, 256114Cryptopecten pallium, 258050