Kona

Kona, a moku of Oʻahu · 43,457 acres

20,866 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1819 and 2025: 2,600 names, 238 of the specimens types, 18,878 photographed.

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Specimens: 20,866
Names: 2,600
Types: 238
With images: 18,878
First: 1819
Latest: 2025
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
Achatinella	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1950	2,052
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1960	1,047
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1964	755
Achatinella fulgens	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1961	553
Achatinella viridans	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1953	533
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1960	503
Auriculella	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1965	493
Auriculella diaphana	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	469
Achatinella lorata	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1959	421
Auriculella auricula	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1951	379
Achatinella bellula	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	364
Achatinella vulpina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1959	330
Achatinella stewartii	Achatinellidae	Malacology	2022	296
Helicina	Helicinidae	Malacology	1953	255
Achatinella stewartii producta	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1952	225
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1953	225
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	1964	223
Mollusca	Stegocephalidae	Malacology	1963	217
Amastra tristis	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	217
Auriculella pulchra	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1944	214
Amastra turritella	Amastridae	Malacology	1953	195
Leptachatina fragilis	Amastridae	Malacology	1941	188
Endodonta	Endodontidae	Malacology	1947	166
Amastra	Amastridae	Malacology	1953	165
Achatinella abbreviata	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1941	151
Auriculella castanea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1941	150
Succinea rotundata	Succineidae	Malacology	1960	141
Achatinella fuscobasis	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1963	132
Tornatellina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1931	130
Tornatellaria	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1951	128
Laminella gravida	Amastridae	Malacology	1941	116
Achatinella taeniolata	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1963	115
Lyropupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1941	112
Achatinella vittata	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1941	108
Auriculella straminea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1941	90
Tornatellaria newcombi	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	89
Achatinella apexfulva cestus	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1940	82
Phelsuma grandis	Gekkonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		75
Phelsuma laticauda	Gekkonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		70
Amastra transversalis subcornea	Amastridae	Malacology	1917	68
Auriculella montana	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	68
Achatinella producta	Achatinellidae	Malacology		67
Cladophora vagabunda	Cladophoraceae	Botany	1997	66
Achatinella buddii	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	66
Achatinella phaeozona	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1931	62
Opeas	Achatinidae	Malacology	1964	58
Lamellidea gravida	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1924	58
Amastra textilis	Amastridae	Malacology	1941	56
Auriculella perversa	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1937	52
Eleutherodactylus planirostris	Eleutherodactylidae	Vertebrate Zoology		51
Auric auricula	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1920	50
Trioceros jacksonii	Chamaeleonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		50
Dendrobates auratus	Dendrobatidae	Vertebrate Zoology		47
Laminella straminea	Amastridae	Malacology	1940	47
Succinea caduca	Succineidae	Malacology	1960	46
Laurencia	Rhodomelaceae	Botany	2001	45
Achatinella vittata simulans	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1941	44
Ceramium	Ceramiaceae	Botany	1986	44
Leptachatina ventulus	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	43
Leptachatina cingula	Amastridae	Malacology	1940	43
Terebra	Terebridae	Malacology	1930	41
Leptachatina fusca	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	41
Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Malacology	1960	39
Gracilaria coronopifolia	Gracilariaceae	Botany	1989	39
Auriculella minuta	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1941	39
Anolis carolinensis	Dactyloidae	Vertebrate Zoology		37
Hypnea	Cystocloniaceae	Botany	1983	37
Anolis sagrei	Dactyloidae	Vertebrate Zoology		37
Halimeda discoidea	Halimedaceae	Botany	1988	36
Dictyota acutiloba	Dictyotaceae	Botany	2001	35
Achatinella plumata	Achatinellidae	Malacology		35
Hibiscus arnottianus	Malvaceae	Botany	1994	34
Helicina laciniosa	Helicinidae	Malacology	1923	34
Lamellidea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1952	33
Auriculella tantalus	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	32
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1941	32
Pleuropoma	Helicinidae	Malacology	1941	31
Rattus rattus	Muridae	Vertebrate Zoology		30
Auric castanea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1919	30
Achatinella viridans rutila	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1943	29