Auriculella

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: William H. Meinecke; William H. Meinecke
Date: May 19, 1940
Locality: Waianae Mountains; Kaumokuiki; Loc. 4. SEE MAP
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.5208, -158.1320 ± 100 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

3,553 Bishop specimens of Auriculella · collected 1875–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 19, 1940, William H. Meinecke; William H. Meinecke also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Auriculella observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 21 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-22.

2026-06-22

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) sophiaann04, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-22

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-04

Hawaii, US

(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-08-17

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-17

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-07-01

Oʻahu, Waialua, HI, US

(c) jsalami, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Auriculella. BPBM 185366. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/185366.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026