Subulina octona
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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinidae
- Collected by
- Kondo {Yoshio} & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan ExpeditionCharles Montague Cooke {Jr.} III →Mangarevan Expedition →Kondo {Yoshio} →
- Collector number
- Bottle 891
- Date
- September 23, 1934
- Locality
- Faatoai Valley; inland 1/2 mile +/-
- Island
- Moorea
- Region
- Windward Islands, French Polynesia
- Coordinates
- -17.5059, -149.8767 ± 712 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: Subulina octona observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-04-16.

2025-04-16
Ha'apiti, Moorea-Maiao, French Polynesia
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-09-21
Moorea, French Polynesia, PF
(c) bestbirb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

2022-09-13
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
Subulina octona. BPBM 150366. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/150366.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026






