Waimea

Waimea, an ahupuaʻa of Kona, Kauaʻi · 86,904 acres

2,901 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1863 and 2025: 598 names, 62 of the specimens types, 2,631 photographed.

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Specimens: 2,901
Names: 598
Types: 62
With images: 2,631
First: 1863
Latest: 2025
Departments: 4
Journeys: 8

2,901 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 Waimea.

80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)

		Department
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	443
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1951	409
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	1951	206
Endodonta	Endodontidae	Malacology	1952	96
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1952	75
Thaumatodon	Endodontidae	Malacology	1948	60
Tornatellina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1933	54
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1940	40
Godwinia newcombi	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1931	36
Amastra sphaerica	Amastridae	Malacology	1947	35
Microcystis	Euconulidae	Malacology	1921	34
Succinea lumbalis	Succineidae	Malacology	1948	32
Leptachatina tenebrosa	Amastridae	Malacology	1933	31
Microcystina	Ariophantidae	Malacology	1933	31
Amastra kauaiensis	Amastridae	Malacology	1933	29
Godwinia	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1940	29
Leptachatina balteata	Amastridae	Malacology	1947	28
Helicina	Helicinidae	Malacology	1951	25
Leptachatina pachystoma	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	25
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1948	25
Carelia evelynae	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	23
Lampropholis delicata	Scincidae	Vertebrate Zoology		23
Elasmias	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1937	21
Mollusca	Limidae	Malacology	1940	21
Myadestes palmeri	Turdidae	Vertebrate Zoology		19
Lamellidea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	18
Endodontidae	Endodontidae	Malacology	1921	18
Godwinia caperata	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1931	18
Leptachatina pachystoma turgidula	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	15
Nesopupa infrequens	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1933	13
Leptachatina attenuata	Amastridae	Malacology	1925	12
Amastra knudseni	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	12
Tornatellides perkinsi	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1931	11
Amastra	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	11
Leptachatina perforata	Amastridae	Malacology	1933	10
Leptachatina brevicula micra	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	10
Tornatellides macromphala	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	9
Aphanocapsa grevillei	Microcystaceae	Botany	1952	7
Myoporum sandwicense	Scrophulariaceae	Botany	2012	7
Carelia	Amastridae	Malacology	1952	7
Leptachatina pupoidea	Amastridae	Malacology	1920	7
Melania mauaiensis	Pleuroceridae	Malacology	1930	7
Nototrichium sandwicense	Amaranthaceae	Botany	2008	7
Geniostoma lorencianum	Loganiaceae	Botany	2005	7
Philonesia chamissoi	Euconulidae	Malacology	1919	7
Succinea elongata	Succineidae	Malacology	1947	7
Limnaea	Lymnaeidae	Malacology	1926	6
Nesophila	Endodontidae	Malacology	1948	6
Amastra ricei armillata	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	6
Leptachatina leucochila	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	6
Notelaea	Oleaceae	Botany	2008	5
Vestiaria coccinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		5
Holomitrium seticalycinum	Dicranaceae	Botany	2006	5
Leptachatina costulosa	Amastridae	Malacology	1948	5
Lyropupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1948	5
Tornatellides drepanophora	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1919	5
Lymnaea	Lymnaeidae	Malacology	1931	5
Leptachatina laevis	Amastridae	Malacology	1922	5
Lobelia yuccoides	Campanulaceae	Botany	1938	4
Leptachatina cylindrata	Amastridae	Malacology	1931	4
Myrsine lanaiensis	Primulaceae	Botany	2011	4
Opeas	Achatinidae	Malacology	1933	4
Leptachatina fossilis	Amastridae	Malacology	1930	4
Digitaria ciliaris	Poaceae	Botany	1979	4
Achatinella cestus forbesiana	Achatinellidae	Malacology		4
Cryptocarya mannii	Lauraceae	Botany	2012	4
Cheirodendron trigynum	Araliaceae	Botany	2013	4
Diplazium sandwichianum	Athyriaceae	Botany	2004	4
Glandirana rugosa	Ranidae	Vertebrate Zoology		4
Leptachatina knudseni	Amastridae	Malacology	1903	4
Dodonaea viscosa	Sapindaceae	Botany	2008	4
Lobelia hypoleuca	Campanulaceae	Botany	1979	4
Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Malacology	1948	4
Kadua	Rubiaceae	Botany	1979	3
Pleuropoma	Helicinidae	Malacology	1948	3
Pinus devoniana	Pinaceae	Botany	1997	3
Lymnaea rubella	Lymnaeidae	Malacology	1919	3
Trematolobelia kauaiensis	Campanulaceae	Botany	1979	3
Carelia kalalauensis	Amastridae	Malacology	1929	3
Capparis spinosa	Capparaceae	Botany	1979	3