Auriculella ambusta
White Pupu Kuahiwi
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- Collected by
- D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. Welch
- Date
- June 24, 1936
- Locality
- Waianae Mountains; Ekahanui; several hundred yards along trail mauka of Loc. 1 to where trail turns and crosses stream bed; South slope; Loc. 2 = W410 B-8
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4438, -158.0899 ± 50 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On June 24, 1936, D'Alte A. Welch; D'Alte A. Welch also collected 24+ other specimens.
Still here: Auriculella ambusta observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1936. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-06-09.

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

2021-12-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-12-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-07-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Angus Davison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Auriculella ambusta. BPBM 177571. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/177571.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026





