Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: William H. Meinecke; William H. Meinecke
Date: May 10, 1942
Locality: Waianae Mountains; Kaaikukai; on Army Road; streambed; southernmost fork from Kaaikukai; Loc. 3
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Collected the same day

On May 10, 1942, William H. Meinecke; William H. Meinecke also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1942. 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)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Leptachatina. BPBM 210770. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/210770.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026