Auriculella
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- 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 III, or "Russ Bed"; Below Bed I; Hill mauka of Kamehameha Highway, in stone quarry; Loc. F529-1; See map; Sweeping stored = #166042-46
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Collected the same day
On May 31, 1933, Glen W. Russ & D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. Welch also collected 24+ other specimens.
Auriculella observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1933. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 184 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.

2026-10-19
Telephone Rd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
Hawaii, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-04
Hawaii, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-22
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) sophiaann04, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-17
Hawaii, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-09
Kalawahine Trail, Kailua, HI, US
(c) Jane Adams, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Auriculella. BPBM 172989. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/172989.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026








