Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00099
Variable Pheasant Shell
Hiloa variabilis
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About Variable Pheasant Shell
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 records Hiloa variabilis at a Kauai coastal survey station.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 865355 accepts Hiloa variabilis.
Station evidence is from a coastal marine survey within nearshore scope.
Direct island-station evidence and accepted taxonomy establish historical occurrence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Hiloa variabilis
- Common names
- Variable Pheasant Shell
- Other names
- Hiloa variabilis · Tricolia variabilis
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historical surveyed occurrence; no recent record inspected.
- 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
- Hiloa variabilis is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Direct island-station evidence and accepted taxonomy establish historical occurrence.