Lamellaxis

Awl Snails

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinidae

Collected by: Gessler, Kondo (Yoshio), Zimmerman (Elwood C.) & Anderson, Donald; Mangarevan ExpeditionDonald AndersonDonald Anderson →Kohndo Gessler →Mangarevan Expedition →Elwood Curtin Zimmerman →
Collector number: Bottle 1026
Date: October 6, 1934
Locality: North side of Faaroa Bay; inland 400-800 feet
Island: Raiatea
Region: Leeward Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates: -16.8016, -151.4050 ± 280 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

373 Bishop specimens of Lamellaxis · collected 1920–1990Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 6, 1934, Gessler, Kondo (Yoshio), Zimmerman (Elwood C.) & Anderson, Donald; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Lamellaxis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-26.

2026-01-26

PK 47, Taputapuapea, Polynésie française

(c) Thibault Ramage, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Lamellaxis. BPBM 139365. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/139365.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026