Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00070
Hawaiian Periwinkle · Pipipi Kōlea
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
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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.