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Strombus fragilis

Fragile conch

7

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1933

First collected

1982

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

1930s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1933 by Dranga; Thaanum (Ono Island).

From the collection

Strombus fragilis, 230957Strombus fragilis, 230959Strombus fragilis, 230956Strombus fragilis, 230958Strombus fragilis, 230955