Elasmias apertum
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- Collected by
- Gessler, Kondo {Yoshio}, & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan ExpeditionGessler →Charles Montague Cooke {Jr.} III →Mangarevan Expedition →Kondo {Yoshio} →
- Collector number
- Bottle 877
- Date
- September 22, 1934
- Locality
- Urufara Valley; inland 100-300 yards
- Island
- Moorea
- Region
- Windward Islands, French Polynesia
- Coordinates
- -17.5088, -149.8597 ± 518 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On September 22, 1934, Gessler, Kondo {Yoshio}, & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 24+ other specimens.
Still here: Elasmias apertum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-04-08.

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)

2021-11-01
Moorea, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Isaac Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Elasmias apertum. BPBM 150236. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/150236.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026





