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Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00032

Yellow-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi ʻĀlinalina

Cellana sandwicensis

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Yellow-foot ʻopihi — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction of a complete adult in wave-washed lower rocky intertidal habitat; not a specimen photograph or evidence of abundance.
Yellow-foot ʻopihi — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction of a complete adult in wave-washed lower rocky intertidal habitat; not a specimen photograph or evidence of abundance. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas community media · Image source

About Yellow-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi ʻĀlinalina

Bishop Museum TR29 table marks Kauaʻi station Ka3; iNaturalist RG observations 96337115 (Kīlauea, 2021-09-26) and 201554386 (Kōloa, 2024-03-05) have explicit Kauaʻi Island coordinates.

WoRMS AphiaID 571924 lists Cellana sandwicensis as accepted.

TR29 is a coastal marine survey and observation 96337115 explicitly describes ʻopihi on wave-swept rocky shores/intertidal habitat.

Accepted endemic limpet with explicit Kauaʻi station and recent rocky-shore observations. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Cellana sandwicensis
Common names
Yellow-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi ʻĀlinalina
Other names
Cellana sandwicensis
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 sandwicensis is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted endemic limpet with explicit Kauaʻi station and recent rocky-shore observations. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.

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