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Kona

Kona, a moku of Hawaiʻi Island · 499,499 acres

4,697 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1897 and 2023: 1,113 names, 35 of the specimens types, 3,981 photographed.

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Specimens: 4,697
Names: 1,113
Types: 35
With images: 3,981
First: 1897
Latest: 2023
Departments: 5
Journeys: 8

3,000 of the mapped specimens; the boundary from the State of Hawaiʻi’s ahupuaʻa layer. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

What was collected here

The names on the labels, most collected first. Each links to the species and to the specimens from Kona.

80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)

		Department
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	627
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1995	254
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	2023	229
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1946	86
Tornatellaria	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1958	71
Striatura	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1946	63
Mollusca	Stegocephalidae	Malacology	1949	62
Leptachatina konaensis	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	62
Lyropupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1947	49
Lamellidea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	45
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1946	44
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1946	41
Amastra	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	40
Endodonta	Endodontidae	Malacology	1946	37
Colocasia esculenta	Araceae	Botany	2003	34
Ahnfeltiopsis	Phyllophoraceae	Botany	2006	30
Metrosideros polymorpha	Myrtaceae	Botany	2002	29
Pronesopupa acanthinula	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1947	27
Tornatellina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1931	27
Euconulus	Euconulidae	Malacology	1946	27
Rattus rattus	Muridae	Vertebrate Zoology		26
Elasmias	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	26
Bovidae	Bovidae	Vertebrate Zoology		26
Auriculella westerlundiana	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	25
Helicina	Helicinidae	Malacology	1922	23
Succinea konaensis	Succineidae	Malacology	1946	22
Amastra pagodula	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	22
Pleuropoma	Helicinidae	Malacology	1946	21
Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Malacology	1946	20
Triphora	Triphoridae	Malacology	1916	19
Thaumatodon	Endodontidae	Malacology	1946	19
Jania pumila	Corallinaceae	Botany	2005	19
Sargassum aquifolium	Sargassaceae	Botany	2006	18
Chnoospora minima	Scytosiphonaceae	Botany	2006	18
Corvus hawaiiensis	Corvidae	Vertebrate Zoology		16
Pritchardia maideniana	Arecaceae	Botany	1985	15
Clermontia clermontioides	Campanulaceae	Botany	1980	15
Cypraea moneta	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1959	14
Cypraea helvola	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1960	14
Nesovitrea	Zonitidae	Malacology	1937	14
Auriculella	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1924	13
Padina sanctae-crucis	Dictyotaceae	Botany	2005	13
Ulva lactuca	Ulvaceae	Botany	2006	12
Asteronema breviarticulatum	Asteronemataceae	Botany	2006	12
Terebra guttata	Terebridae	Malacology	1966	12
Stenogyne scrophularioides	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	12
Chaetomorpha antennina	Cladophoraceae	Botany	2005	12
Asparagopsis taxiformis	Bonnemaisoniaceae	Botany	2005	12
Turbinaria ornata	Sargassaceae	Botany	2006	11
Microdictyon setchellianum	Anadyomenaceae	Botany	2005	11
Leptachatina tenuicostata	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	11
Cypraea mauritiana	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1961	11
Leptachatina anceyana	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	11
Lobophora variegata	Dictyotaceae	Botany	2001	11
Aeorestes semotus	Vespertilionidae	Vertebrate Zoology		11
Cypraea reticulata	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1949	10
Amansia glomerata	Rhodomelaceae	Botany	2005	10
Gelidiella acerosa	Gelidiellaceae	Botany	2006	10
Laurencia dendroidea	Rhodomelaceae	Botany	2006	10
Cenchrus setaceus	Poaceae	Botany	1989	10
Feldmannia mitchelliae	Acinetosporaceae	Botany	2001	10
Terebra	Terebridae	Malacology	1945	10
Opeas	Achatinidae	Malacology	1957	10
Thaumatodon thwingi	Endodontidae	Malacology	1946	10
Lamellidea gracilis	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	10
Lyropupa hawaiiensis	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1947	10
Cypraea isabella	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1947	9
Conus leopardus	Conidae	Malacology	1959	9
Laurencia	Rhodomelaceae	Botany	2000	9
Littorina pintado	Littorinidae	Malacology	1951	9
Tornatellides cyphostyla	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	9
Tornatellina gracilis	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1919	9
Colpomenia sinuosa	Scytosiphonaceae	Botany	2006	9
Galaxaura rugosa	Galaxauraceae	Botany	2008	9
Cypraea sulcidentata	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1974	8
Sargassum obtusifolium	Sargassaceae	Botany	2005	8
Cladophora	Cladophoraceae	Botany	2005	8
Cypraea caputserpentis	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1951	8
Nerita picea	Neritidae	Malacology	1978	8
Nerita polita	Neritidae	Malacology	1940	8