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Lovellona atramentosa

marine

(Reeve, 1849)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 428917 ↗

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5

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1978

First collected

1989

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1978 by M. A. Kohn; Alan J. Kohn (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1989; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 5, 2026.

From the collection

Lovellona atramentosa, 258130Lovellona atramentosa, 241050

Alive today

4 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.