Auriculella ambusta
White Pupu Kuahiwi
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- Collected by
- Cooke & Welch; Cooke & WelchC.H. Cooke {=Clarence H. Cooke Jr. →D'Alte A. Welch →
- Date
- August 12, 1931
- Locality
- Waianae Mts.; Nanakuli (head of); 100 feet below ridge; Loc. W2-4
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4100, -158.1035 ± 1,336 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 12, 1931, Cooke & Welch; Cooke & Welch also collected 24+ other specimens.
Still here: Auriculella ambusta observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1931. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-06-09.

2025-06-09
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-12-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-12-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-07-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Angus Davison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Auriculella ambusta. BPBM 105655. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35386670. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/105655.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35386670 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026








