Homalocantha anatomica
Pele's murex
marine
(G. Perry, 1811)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 217162 ↗
Photo: (c) Steve Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Steve Smith (iNaturalist)
29
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1959
First collected
1983
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
7 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1950s1980s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1959 by Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor King (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1983; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as November 30, 2025.
From the collection
Alive today
3 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
