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Auriculella ambusta
White Pupu Kuahiwi
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae
- Collected by
- Otto Degener; Otto Degener Botany DepartmentOtto Degener →Otto Degener Botany Department →
- Date
- April 19, 1936
- Locality
- Waianae Mountains; Ekahanui; Waianae Contour Trail; a few hundred yards North of 8-1/2 mile post.
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4446, -158.0886 ± 4,731 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 19, 1936, Otto Degener; Otto Degener Botany Department also collected 5 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 183936. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/183936.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026