Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: George F. Arnemann; George F. Arnemann
Date: May 22, 1948
Locality: Polihale; inland 500 feet
Island: Kauaʻi
Region: Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 22.0991, -159.7431
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 22, 1948, George F. Arnemann; George F. Arnemann also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Leptachatina observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, 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 212302. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/212302.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026