Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00097
Gem Top Shell
Herpetopoma gemmatum
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About Gem Top Shell
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 records the taxon at a Kauai coastal station; Kauai observations from 2010 and 2018 corroborate persistence.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 951880 accepts Herpetopoma gemmatum.
Primary survey evidence is coastal/nearshore; community records are from Poipu Beach.
Authoritative occurrence plus modern local observations supports current presence, but recent identification is community-based. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Herpetopoma gemmatum
- Common names
- Gem Top Shell
- Other names
- Herpetopoma gemmatum · Euchelus gemmatus
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historically verified with modern corroboration; treated as current at yellow confidence. Uniform QA: the dated authoritative evidence is historical; later community observations are corroborative only and do not establish authoritative current status.
- 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
- Herpetopoma gemmatum is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Authoritative occurrence plus modern local observations supports current presence, but recent identification is community-based. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.