Elasmias

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: R.F. Fosberg; F. Raymond Fosberg (Botany Department)
Date: June 30, 1935
Locality: Waianae Mountains; Palawai I>II; Loc. 5 = W451 B-1a. SEE MAP
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.4139, -158.0970 ± 50 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

2,084 Bishop specimens of Elasmias · collected 1902–2026Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On June 30, 1935, R.F. Fosberg; F. Raymond Fosberg (Botany Department) also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Elasmias observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1935. 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)

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Cite this specimen

Elasmias. BPBM 183897. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/183897.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026