Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00032
Yellow-foot ʻOpihi · ʻOpihi ʻĀlinalina
Cellana sandwicensis
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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.