Kona

Kona, a moku of Kauaʻi · 174,234 acres

5,653 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1863 and 2025: 1,371 names, 159 of the specimens types, 4,903 photographed.

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Specimens: 5,653
Names: 1,371
Types: 159
With images: 4,903
First: 1863
Latest: 2025
Departments: 4
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
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	778
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1951	556
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	1951	269
Endodonta	Endodontidae	Malacology	1952	142
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1952	118
Thaumatodon	Endodontidae	Malacology	1948	112
Tornatellina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1933	104
Helicina	Helicinidae	Malacology	1951	83
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1948	63
Mollusca	Limidae	Malacology	1951	61
Microcystis	Euconulidae	Malacology	1933	53
Carelia	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	46
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1940	46
Godwinia	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1940	46
Lyropupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1948	45
Microcystina	Ariophantidae	Malacology	1933	43
Succinea lumbalis	Succineidae	Malacology	1948	42
Godwinia newcombi	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1931	38
Leptachatina pachystoma	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	36
Amastra sphaerica	Amastridae	Malacology	1947	35
Leptachatina tenebrosa	Amastridae	Malacology	1933	33
Nesophila	Endodontidae	Malacology	1948	32
Leptachatina balteata	Amastridae	Malacology	1947	30
Amastra kauaiensis	Amastridae	Malacology	1933	29
Magumma parva	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		29
Lamellidea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	28
Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		27
Myadestes myadestinus	Turdidae	Vertebrate Zoology	1899	27
Elasmias	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1937	24
Endodontidae	Endodontidae	Malacology	1922	23
Lampropholis delicata	Scincidae	Vertebrate Zoology		23
Carelia evelynae	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	23
Amastra	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	22
Helicina juddii	Helicinidae	Malacology	1930	22
Chasiempis sandwichensis	Monarchidae	Vertebrate Zoology	1894	21
Myadestes palmeri	Turdidae	Vertebrate Zoology		21
Himatione sanguinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology	1900	20
Carelia bicolor adusta	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	19
Godwinia caperata	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1931	19
Leptachatina attenuata	Amastridae	Malacology	1925	18
Carelia bicolor	Amastridae	Malacology	1938	17
Orobophana	Helicinidae	Malacology	1948	17
Leptachatina pachystoma turgidula	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	17
Leptachatina brevicula micra	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	16
Tornatellides macromphala	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	16
Puffinus newelli	Procellariidae	Vertebrate Zoology		16
Oreomystis bairdi	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		14
Anolis carolinensis	Dactyloidae	Vertebrate Zoology		14
Amastra knudseni	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	13
Carelia cumingiana	Amastridae	Malacology	1938	13
Vestiaria coccinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		13
Limnaea	Lymnaeidae	Malacology	1926	13
Tornatellides perkinsi	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1931	13
Nesopupa infrequens	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1933	13
Carelia dolei	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	12
Akialoa ellisiana	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		12
Amastra cyclostoma	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	12
Philonesia chamissoi	Euconulidae	Malacology	1935	11
Leptachatina perforata	Amastridae	Malacology	1933	11
Leptachatina leucochila	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	11
Opeas	Achatinidae	Malacology	1936	11
Diodora granifera	Fissurellidae	Malacology	1963	11
Leptachatina fossilis	Amastridae	Malacology	1937	11
Leptachatina striatula	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	10
Leptachatina laevis	Amastridae	Malacology	1922	10
Amastra inflata	Amastridae	Malacology	1930	9
Holomitrium seticalycinum	Dicranaceae	Botany	2006	9
Loxops caeruleirostris	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		9
Tornatellides producta	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1903	9
Carelia turricula	Amastridae	Malacology	1944	9
Carelia glossema	Amastridae	Malacology	1931	8
Leptachatina costulosa	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	8
Carelia cochlea	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	8
Nesophila jugosa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1938	8
Passeriformes		Vertebrate Zoology		8
Geopelia striata	Columbidae	Vertebrate Zoology		8
Succinea elongata	Succineidae	Malacology	1947	8
Moho braccatus	Mohoidae	Vertebrate Zoology		8
Melania mauaiensis	Pleuroceridae	Malacology	1930	7
Myoporum sandwicense	Scrophulariaceae	Botany	2012	7