Amastra
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae
- Collected by
- Dos Santos; Thurston, Lorrin A.dos Santos →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Date
- April 1, 1922
- Locality
- Waianae Mountains; back of Palehua
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On April 1, 1922, Dos Santos; Thurston, Lorrin A. also collected 18 other specimens.
Amastra observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2018-03-16.

2018-03-16
Wailua River State Park, Lihue, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2018-03-11
Makawehi Bluff, Poipu,Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2011-05-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2004-12-25
Lower Main St, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2003-01-02
Makawehi Bluff, Poipu, Kauai County, HI, USA
(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)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Amastra. BPBM 131291. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/131291.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026





