Placostylus

Flax Snails

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amphibulimidae

Collected by: James R. Hood; James R. Hood
Date: 1948
Locality: Army Camp near Henderson Field
Island: Guadalcanal Island
Region: Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
Record type: Preservedspecimen

107 Bishop specimens of Placostylus · collected 1903–1966Species page ›

Placostylus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1948. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 88 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-28.

2026-07-28

Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia

(c) Nina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-17

Northland, NZ

(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-06-16

Whangarei District, Northland Region, New Zealand

(c) amoncarter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-13

Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana, Waitemata and Gulf Ward, Auckland, NZ

(c) dsmith95, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-01

Lord Howe Island NSW 2898, Australia

(c) canto-i, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-24

Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island, AU-NS, AU

(c) rwpurdie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Placostylus. BPBM 212332. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/212332.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026