Elasmias peaseanum

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Gessler & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan ExpeditionGessler →Charles Montague Cooke {Jr.} III →Mangarevan Expedition →
Collector number: Bottle 898
Date: September 24, 1934
Locality: Faatoai Valley; inland 1-1/4 mile +
Island: Moorea
Region: Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates: -17.5133, -149.8811 ± 693 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

63 Bishop specimens of Elasmias peaseanum · collected 1923–1934Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 24, 1934, Gessler & C.M. Cooke {Jr.}; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Elasmias peaseanum 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 2023-09-26.

2023-09-26

French Polynesia

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Cite this specimen

Elasmias peaseanum. BPBM 150450. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/150450.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026