Elasmias
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- Collected by
- Kondo {Yoshio} & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan ExpeditionCharles Montague Cooke {Jr.} III →Mangarevan Expedition →Kondo {Yoshio} →
- Collector number
- Bottle 890
- Date
- September 23, 1934
- Locality
- Faatoai Valley; 1/2 mile inland
- Island
- Moorea
- Region
- Windward Islands, French Polynesia
- Coordinates
- -17.5024, -149.8751 ± 615 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On September 23, 1934, Kondo {Yoshio} & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 24+ other specimens.
Still here: Elasmias observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-09-26.

2023-09-26
French Polynesia
(c) dblavitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-04-08
Papetō'ai, Moorea-Maiao, French Polynesia
(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-16
Moorea, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Richard Hasegawa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-15
Îles du Vent, PF
(c) Richard Hasegawa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-13
Moorea, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Richard Hasegawa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-13
Moorea, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Richard Hasegawa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Elasmias. BPBM 142313. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/142313.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026






