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Lima lima vulgaris

Pacific fileclam

5

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1975

First collected

2002

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1970s2000s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1975 by Richard Brock; Enewetak Mid-Pacific Marine Lab (Enewetok Atoll).

From the collection

Lima lima vulgaris, 252207Lima lima vulgaris, 252208