Subulina octona

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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinidae

Collected by: Kondo {Yoshio} & Donald Anderson; Mangarevan ExpeditionDonald AndersonDonald Anderson →Mangarevan Expedition →Kondo {Yoshio} →
Collector number: Bottle 1008
Date: October 3, 1934
Locality: Huahine Iti; Tiva; inland 100 yards
Island: Huahine
Region: Leeward Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates: -16.7806, -151.0263 ± 1,104 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

1,352 Bishop specimens of Subulina octona · collected 1912–2026Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 3, 1934, Kondo {Yoshio} & Donald Anderson; 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 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-04-03.

2023-04-03

Maeva, Huahine, French Polynesia

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Subulina octona. BPBM 151579. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/151579.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026