Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: W.H. Meinecke
Date: July 10, 1923
Locality: Kau; Kipuka Waiahuli, 6 mi. W of Kahuku Ranch House
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Collected the same day

On July 10, 1923, W.H. Meinecke also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1923. 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)

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Cite this specimen

Leptachatina. BPBM 77480. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/77480.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026