Macoma
Leach, 1819Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 138531 ↗
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8
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1959
First collected
1993
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Macoma, most mentions first.
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2001
Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1997
Biodiversity of marine communities in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced exotic speciesColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge, J.T. Carlton, R.L. Pyle, & A. Suzumoto · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1959 by Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor King (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1993; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 15, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
6 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-08-15
Kahaone Pl, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-05
Kahaone Pl, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-13
Kapaa, HI, US
(c) pepperjackb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-03
HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-19
Weke Rd, Princeville, HI, US
(c) Michael Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-11-24
Lihue, HI 96766, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)