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Strombus vomer hawaiensis

Vomer Conch

5

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1927

First collected

1949

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

1920s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1927 by Ted T. Dranga; J. Manson & Anna D. Valentine (Pearl and Hermes Atoll).

From the collection

Strombus vomer hawaiensis, 241109Strombus vomer hawaiensis, 281730Strombus vomer hawaiensis, 281731Strombus vomer hawaiensis, 281732Strombus vomer hawaiensis, 240780