Ovula ovum
Common Egg Cowry
marine
(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 216904 ↗
32
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1920
First collected
1965
Last collected
2021
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
5 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1920s1960s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1920 by J. August Kusche; J. August Kusche (Torres Strait Islands; Thursday Island {Entered as: Thursday Island; Under Australia; Queensland}). The Museum last collected it in 1965; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 25, 2021.
From the collection
Alive today
1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
