Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00031
Black-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi Makaiauli
Cellana exarata
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About Black-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi Makaiauli
Bishop Museum TR29 table records presence at Kauaʻi stations Ka1 and Ka3; iNaturalist RG observations 251416561 (Nawiliwili, 2024-11-06) and 320555552 (Glass Beach, 2025-10-12) are explicitly georeferenced on Kauaʻi Island.
WoRMS AphiaID 325448 lists Cellana exarata as accepted.
TR29 is a Hawaiian coastal marine survey; current records are on Kauaʻi's rocky intertidal coast, the known ʻopihi habitat.
Independent historical survey and recent island-georeferenced photographic observations converge on an accepted shallow/intertidal species. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cellana exarata
- Common names
- Black-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi Makaiauli
- Other names
- Cellana exarata
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative survey or expert evidence verifies Kauaʻi occurrence historically; community observations were not used to promote the record to CURRENT.
- 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
- Cellana exarata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Independent historical survey and recent island-georeferenced photographic observations converge on an accepted shallow/intertidal species. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.