Achatinella fulgens

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: William H. Meinecke, Meadows, & Malacology Staff; William H. MeineckeMalacology Staff →Edmund J. Meadows →William H. Meinecke →
Date: September 14, 1941
Locality: Palolo>Manoa; 5 miles from Diamond Head. MAP B
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3, -157.8Shown approximately to protect an endangered species.
Record type: Preservedspecimen

1,030 Bishop specimens of Achatinella fulgens · collected 1877–1963Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 14, 1941, William H. Meinecke, Meadows, & Malacology Staff; William H. Meinecke also collected 24+ other specimens.

Achatinella fulgens 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 2017-06-01.

2017-06-01

Hawaii, US

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Cite this specimen

Achatinella fulgens. BPBM 194654. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/194654.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026