Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00004
Ocellated Top
Alcyna ocellata
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About Ocellated Top
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a records direct presence at Kauai stations Ka2 and Ka4.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS Aphia 593740 accepts Alcyna ocellata.
Report 29a is a 2002-2003 survey of harbors and nearby coral reefs, within the Atlas nearshore scope.
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a provides an authoritative dated Kauai nearshore station record from 2002-2003, verifying historical occurrence. It predates the locked 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff and no newer authoritative evidence was inspected.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Alcyna ocellata
- Common names
- Ocellated Top
- Other names
- Alcyna ocellata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- historical; authoritative Kauai survey evidence from 2002-2003; no qualifying evidence on/after 2016-10-01
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Alcyna ocellata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a provides an authoritative dated Kauai nearshore station record from 2002-2003, verifying historical occurrence. It predates the locked 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff and no newer authoritative evidence was inspected.