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Ostrea lima

Bivalves

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1959

First collected

1962

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Ostrea lima, most mentions first.

  1. 1999

    Nonindigenous marine species introductions in the harbors of the south and west shores of Oahu, Hawaii

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 1997

    Biodiversity of marine communities in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced exotic species

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge, J.T. Carlton, R.L. Pyle, & A. Suzumoto · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1950s1960s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1959 by Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor King (Oʻahu).

From the collection

Ostrea lima, 218918Ostrea lima, 218919Ostrea lima, 218920Ostrea lima, 259386