Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: Russ & Welch; Welch, D'Alte A.A. D'Alte →Glen W. Russ →D'Alte A. Welch →
Date: March 23, 1933
Locality: Waianae Mountains; Makaha; southeast Makaha; Loc. 1; near branch of Valley 14 with Valley 10; Loc. W30 A-2
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

10,669 Bishop specimens of Leptachatina · collected 1864–2026Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 23, 1933, Russ & Welch; Welch, D'Alte A. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1933. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2002-12-30.

2002-12-30

Limahuli Stream, Kauai County, HI, USA

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

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Cite this specimen

Leptachatina. BPBM 119485. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/119485.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026