Orobophana

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Helicinidae

Collected by: Glen W. Russ & D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. WelchGlen W. Russ →D'Alte A. Welch →
Date: May 31, 1933
Locality: Wailele; Bed 2; Laie Hill near end mauka of Kamehameha Highway and south of Wailele Gulch; North slope in part quarried out, just below top of hill and below bed 1; Loc. F529-1; See map
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

602 Bishop specimens of Orobophana · collected 1919–1996Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 31, 1933, Glen W. Russ & D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. Welch also collected 24+ other specimens.

Orobophana observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1933. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2003-01-01.

2003-01-01

Hawaii, US

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

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Cite this specimen

Orobophana. BPBM 172943. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/172943.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026