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Planaxis suturalis

marine

E. A. Smith, 1872Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 596980 ↗

Photo: (c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by D. Torres-Pulliza (iNaturalist)

15

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1920

First collected

2002

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1920s2000s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1920 by Eugene S. Kuhns; Thaanum (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 2002; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 18, 2026.

From the collection

Planaxis suturalis, 221522Planaxis suturalis, 237005Planaxis suturalis, 229311Planaxis suturalis, 261441Planaxis suturalis, 229312Planaxis suturalis, 229310Planaxis suturalis, 229309

Alive today

2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.