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Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Malacology

(BPBM:MAL)

Taxon: Diastole matafaoi H. B. Baker, 1938
Family: Euconulidae

Collector: T.T. Dranga      

Date: 1926-02-09

Verbatim Date: 2/9/1926

Locality: Polynesia, American Samoa, Tutuila, Matafao; 2 mi. from shore; summit peak of Matafao (highest peak on Tutuila)

-14.295026  -170.70278 +-446m.  WGS84

Habitat: [ELEVATION: 200-2141 feet]; on pandanus, ieie, + leaves of shrubs, damp, shells scarce

Substrate: [TERRESTRIAL]; [in type collection -DKB] Group "LXX". Label states: Type lot. Note states: 11402/matafaoi/83404 d (7) TSM/83421 (4). {PSA (1/26/98)-Part of a group of lots with note that states: p 51/Diastole (s.s.) matafaoi H.B.B. In old box: 9138, from which the specimens were removed and placed into the type collection, note with box states: n sp/P& C/28-VIII-33, and label states: type col.-PSA}. {PSA (2/19/98)-Catalogue remarks state: Drowned 12 hrs. 30% alc. in a few days changed to 40%/T

Dry Count: 6

Notes: Collected

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Record ID: ff62535a-eaf3-4270-81db-6ddba2a69e0e

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Norine Yeung (norine@bishopmuseum.org)