Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00106
Warty Turban
Homalopoma verruca
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About Warty Turban
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 records Homalopoma verruca at Kauai coastal stations; observations from Lawai in 2010 and Kalihiwai in 2024 corroborate persistence.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1643712 accepts Homalopoma verruca.
Primary survey is coastal/nearshore and corroborative records are from Kauai shore sites.
Authoritative historical locality plus recent local observation supports current occurrence; recent identity remains community-based. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Homalopoma verruca
- Common names
- Warty Turban
- Other names
- Homalopoma verruca · Leptothyra verruca
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historically verified with 2024 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
- Homalopoma verruca is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Authoritative historical locality plus recent local observation supports current occurrence; recent identity remains community-based. Reclassified to VERIFIED_HISTORICAL under the uniform recency rule.