Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: R. Yamaguchi & D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. WelchD'Alte A. Welch →Rokuro Yamaguchi →
Date: November 11, 1935
Locality: Waianae Mountains; Keawapilau?; Probably = Loc. 166531; No original label
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 November 11, 1935, R. Yamaguchi & D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. Welch also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1935. 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 174388. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/174388.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026