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Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00070

Hawaiian Periwinkle · Pipipi Kōlea

Echinolittorina hawaiiensis

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Hawaiian periwinkle — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction of a complete adult on high-intertidal Hawaiian basalt; not a specimen photograph or evidence of abundance.
Hawaiian periwinkle — source-informed Atlas ecological reconstruction of a complete adult on high-intertidal Hawaiian basalt; not a specimen photograph or evidence of abundance. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas community media · Image source

About Hawaiian Periwinkle · Pipipi Kōlea

Bishop Museum TR29 records Kauaʻi station occurrence; iNaturalist RG observations 17813013 and 17389649 are dated 2018 at Anahola, Kauaʻi with precise coordinates.

WoRMS AphiaID 437367 lists Echinolittorina hawaiiensis as accepted.

Observation 17813013 reports the animal on a vertical concrete wall at the marine Anahola locality; TR29 supplies coastal survey context.

Accepted endemic littorinid with independent survey and repeated explicit island intertidal records. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
Common names
Hawaiian Periwinkle · Pipipi Kōlea
Other names
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis · Nodilittorina picta
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
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted endemic littorinid with independent survey and repeated explicit island intertidal records. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.

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