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Lopha cristagalli

Cock's Comb Oyster

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1929

First collected

1948

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

1920s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1929 by Myrtle Thaanum {Ditlev Due Thaanum'S Wife} (Truk).

From the collection

Lopha cristagalli, 271638Lopha cristagalli, 271639Lopha cristagalli, 271640