Partulina variabilis

Lanai Tree Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Conde Collection; Charles Montague Cooke, Jr.Conde Collection →C.H. Cooke {=Clarence H. Cooke Jr. →
Collector number: Lot 10
Date: November 1, 1938
Locality: Lanai (No label)
Island: Lānaʻi
Region: Maui County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 20.8, -156.9Shown approximately to protect an endangered species.
Record type: Preservedspecimen

374 Bishop specimens of Partulina variabilis · collected 1864–2023Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On November 1, 1938, Conde Collection; Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Partulina variabilis observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-12-20.

2023-12-20

Maui County, US-HI, US

(c) Jethro Berman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-02-09

Maui County, US-HI, US

(c) Brenden Holland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Partulina variabilis. BPBM 175390. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/175390.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026