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Amastra
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae
- Collected by
- William H. Meinecke, E. Meadows & Donald Anderson; Donald AndersonDonald AndersonDonald Anderson →Edmund J. Meadows →William H. Meinecke →
- Date
- April 3, 1938
- Locality
- Waianae Mountains; Near head of Napepeolelo Gulch; Loc. = Meinecke's Loc. 445 of 25/III/34; See # 126998-127164
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4, -158.1Shown approximately to protect an endangered species.
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 3, 1938, William H. Meinecke, E. Meadows & Donald Anderson; Donald Anderson also collected 24+ other specimens.
Amastra observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2018-03-16.

2018-03-16
Wailua River State Park, Lihue, HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2018-03-11
Makawehi Bluff, Poipu,Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2011-05-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2004-12-25
Lower Main St, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2003-01-02
Makawehi Bluff, Poipu, Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2003-01-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Amastra. BPBM 173908. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/173908.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026


