Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: W.J. Semmes; W.J. Semmes
Date: April 26, 1941
Locality: Lalanui; 1 mile East of Puu Kolekoel; top of mountain
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Kalawao County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Collected the same day

On April 26, 1941, W.J. Semmes; W.J. Semmes also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1941. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, 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 189524. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/189524.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026