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Melanella aciculata

marine

(Pease, 1861)WoRMS treats this as a synonym of Melanella kahoolawensis.WoRMS 566089 ↗

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21

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1902

First collected

1916

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Melanella aciculata, most mentions first.

  1. 2002

    Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1900s1910s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1902 by W.A. & E.L. Bryan (Laysan).

From the collection

Melanella aciculata, 64133Melanella aciculata, 64134Melanella aciculata, 64127Melanella aciculata, 64142Melanella aciculata, 64126Melanella aciculata, 64131Melanella aciculata, 64132Melanella aciculata, 64123Melanella aciculata, 64141Melanella aciculata, 64136Melanella aciculata, 64139Melanella aciculata, 64143