Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: Irwin Spalding; Irwin Spalding
Date: October 17, 1920
Locality: Hanalei District; Na Pali Coast; Kalalau Valley; Southwest slopes
Island: Kauaʻi
Region: Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 22.1687, -159.6420 ± 1,323 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

10,669 Bishop specimens of Leptachatina · collected 1864–2026Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 17, 1920, Irwin Spalding; Irwin Spalding also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Leptachatina observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1920. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, 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 180491. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/180491.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026