Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00025
Carinapex minutissima
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About Carinapex minutissima
A tiny Indo-Pacific marine snail documented by examined Kauaʻi specimens in a 2015 revision. Its original identity is retained, with older name-based survey records qualified against later species distinctions.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29a records direct presence at Kauai stations Ka2, Ka3 and Ka4.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carinapex minutissima
- Family
- Horaiclavidae
- Order
- Neogastropoda
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- historical; authoritative Kauai survey evidence from 2002-2003; no qualifying evidence on/after 2016-10-01
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-01
- Evidence limits
- Evidence is bounded to the source events and dates; current population size, island-wide distribution, and persistence at historical sites have not been established.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- A tiny Indo-Pacific marine snail documented by examined Kauaʻi specimens in a 2015 revision. Its original identity is retained, with older name-based survey records qualified against later species distinctions.