Achatinella lila

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Olaf Oswald; Olaf Oswald
Date: February 25, 1947
Locality: Waimalu; Loc. 693. SEE MAP & ORIGINAL LABEL
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

69 Bishop specimens of Achatinella lila · collected 1913–1963Species page ›

Collected the same day

On February 25, 1947, Olaf Oswald; Olaf Oswald also collected 24+ other specimens.

Achatinella lila observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1947. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2019-03-24.

2019-03-24

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Achatinella lila. BPBM 192742. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/192742.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026