Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00197
Bearded hoof shell
Pilosabia trigona
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About Bearded hoof shell
TR29a records source name Hipponix pilosus at Kauaʻi stations Ka1, Ka2 and Ka3; 2022 and 2024 observations corroborate.
WoRMS AphiaID 716495 accepts Pilosabia trigona and resolves the source-name treatment.
TR29a stations are Kauaʻi harbor/nearby-reef sites; expert habitat is attached to modern corroboration.
The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pilosabia trigona
- Common names
- Bearded hoof shell
- Other names
- Pilosabia trigona · Hipponix pilosus
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- qualifying authoritative Kauaʻi evidence predates 2016-10-01; later community observations are corroborative only, so current status is not established
- 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
- Pilosabia trigona is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. The dated authoritative Kauaʻi survey/expert evidence verifies historical occurrence, but it predates the 2016-10-01 current-status cutoff. Later community identifications cannot independently upgrade the record to current.