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Elasmias
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- 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. = 126998-127164; Sweeping stored
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4219, -158.0936
- 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.
Still here: Elasmias observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-12-04.

2025-12-04
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-07-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-07-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-09
Waialua, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-06-07
Palehua, Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Don Rideout, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Elasmias. BPBM 173984. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/173984.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026


