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Vexillum sanguisugum

bloodsucker miter

12

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1932

First collected

1951

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1930s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1932 by Langford & Co.[?]; Thaanum (Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Yaeyama; Ishigaki; Taketomi Island).

From the collection

Vexillum sanguisugum, 238694Vexillum sanguisugum, 238686Vexillum sanguisugum, 238688Vexillum sanguisugum, 238696Vexillum sanguisugum, 238685Vexillum sanguisugum, 238690Vexillum sanguisugum, 238691Vexillum sanguisugum, 238692Vexillum sanguisugum, 238693Vexillum sanguisugum, 238695Vexillum sanguisugum, 238689Vexillum sanguisugum, 238687