Placostylus
Flax Snails
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amphibulimidae
- Collected by
- Francis Xavier Williams; Francis Xavier Williams
- Date
- August 1, 1940
- Locality
- Hill behine Noumea
- Island
- Grande Terre
- Region
- Nouméa, South Province, New Caledonia
- Coordinates
- -22.2691, 166.4477 ± 558 m
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 1, 1940, Francis Xavier Williams; Francis Xavier Williams also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Placostylus observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-10-23.
2022-10-23
Sud, NC
(c) Antoine Simon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-12-26
Sud, NC
(c) Jean-Jacques Argoud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-10-30
Sud, NC
(c) Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-07-25
Sud, NC
(c) Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-07-01
Sud, NC
(c) Jean-Jacques Argoud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2020-04-22
Sud, NC
(c) Damien Brouste, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Placostylus. BPBM 189749. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/189749.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026