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Natica hilaris

cheerful moon snail

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1954

First collected

1963

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1950s1960s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1954 by Morris, Julius; Morris, Dean (Japan; Wakayama-ken).

From the collection

Natica hilaris, 221213Natica hilaris, 221272Natica hilaris, 222226Natica hilaris, 259976