Gastrocopta lyonsiana

Wandering Snaggletooth Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Gastrocoptidae

Collected by: Oswald, Olaf; Oswald, Olaf
Collector number: Oswald's #528
Date: November 4, 1930
Locality: Puu O Olomana; East face, 75 feet higher than 100846-49
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

313 Bishop specimens of Gastrocopta lyonsiana · collected 1916–1991Species page ›

Collected the same day

On November 4, 1930, Oswald, Olaf; Oswald, Olaf also collected 24+ other specimens.

Gastrocopta servilis observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-02-24.

2023-02-24

Maui County, US-HI, US

(c) Michael A. Voeltz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-11-15

Hawaii, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-03-15

Hawaii, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2018-03-12

Hawaii, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2004-12-25

Maui County, US-HI, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2003-01-01

Hawaii, US

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Gastrocopta lyonsiana. BPBM 100851. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36913522. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/100851.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36913522 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026