Gastrocopta

Snaggletooth Snails

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Gastrocoptidae

Collected by: H.G. Hornbostel; H.G. Hornbostel
Date: September 9, 1925
Locality: Saipan; Laulau, 3 1/2 mi. from shore
Island: Saipan
Region: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Coordinates: 15.2034, 145.7435 ± 2,400 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

298 Bishop specimens of Gastrocopta · collected 1912–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 9, 1925, H.G. Hornbostel; H.G. Hornbostel also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Gastrocopta observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1925. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-11-12.

2024-11-12

Northern Tinian, Tinian 96952, CNMI

(c) Ken Puliafico, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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

Cite this specimen

Gastrocopta. BPBM 82588. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36912997. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/82588.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36912997 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026