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Venerupis philippinarum

Japanese carpet shell

18

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1923

First collected

1999

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1923 by Lorrin Andrews Thurston ({Locality doubtful. Said to have come from Pearl City}).

From the collection

Venerupis philippinarum, 204104Venerupis philippinarum, 240498Venerupis philippinarum, 281716Venerupis philippinarum, 281922Venerupis philippinarum, 281923Venerupis philippinarum, 282285Venerupis philippinarum, 67484Venerupis philippinarum, 255729Venerupis philippinarum, 196260Venerupis philippinarum, 196261Venerupis philippinarum, 204105Venerupis philippinarum, 248650