Mitrella rorida
(Reeve, 1859)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 511550 ↗
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20
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1904
First collected
2003
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Mitrella rorida, most mentions first.
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
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
Where Bishop collected it
8 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1904 by Thaanum; Thaanum (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 2003; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 11, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
6 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-11
Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
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2026-09-01
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-01
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-05
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-24
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-24
Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)