Elasmias peaseanum

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Elwood C. Zimmerman, & Kondo {Yoshio}; Mangarevan ExpeditionMangarevan Expedition →Kondo {Yoshio} →Elwood Curtin Zimmerman →
Collector number: Bottle 931
Date: September 27, 1934
Locality: Northeast branch and ridge of Tepatu Valley
Island: Moorea
Region: Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates: -17.5144, -149.8303 ± 474 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 27, 1934, Elwood C. Zimmerman, & Kondo {Yoshio}; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 20 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 150970. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/150970.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026