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Strombus latissimus

wide-mouthed conch

6

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1930

First collected

1957

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1930s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1930 by Capt. Tierney; Joseph Swift Emerson (New Hebrides).

From the collection

Strombus latissimus, 231180Strombus latissimus, 231178Strombus latissimus, 195104Strombus latissimus, 203496Strombus latissimus, 231179Strombus latissimus, 1481