Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: F. Raymond Fosberg, M. & D. Anderson; AndersonAnderson →Donald AndersonDonald Anderson →F. Raymond Fosberg →
Date: March 26, 1937
Locality: Waianae Mts.; Mt. Kaala; summit; valley South of cabin; Loc. B-1a; Loc. B-1b
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

10,669 Bishop specimens of Leptachatina · collected 1864–2026Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 26, 1937, F. Raymond Fosberg, M. & D. Anderson; Anderson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1937. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2002-12-30.

2002-12-30

Limahuli Stream, Kauai County, HI, USA

(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Leptachatina. BPBM 162768. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/162768.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026