Gastrocopta lyonsiana kailuana

Wandering Snaggletooth Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Gastrocoptidae

Collected by: Pilsbry
Date: February 9, 1913
Locality: Kailua; Kaelepulu; sand stone bluff 6-10 ft high 1/4 mi. back of beach
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3915, -157.7271
Type status: Paratypes
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On February 9, 1913, Pilsbry also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Gastrocopta servilis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1913. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2018-11-15.

2018-11-15

Hawaii, US

(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Gastrocopta lyonsiana kailuana. BPBM 40988. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36917468. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/40988.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36917468 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026