Elasmias

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: A.M. Adamson; A.M. Adamson
Date: September 10, 1928
Locality: Fautaua River 1 mi. below Falls, 4 mi. [inland?]
Island: Tahiti
Region: Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates: -17.5780, -149.5308 ± 1,636 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

2,084 Bishop specimens of Elasmias · collected 1902–2026Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 10, 1928, A.M. Adamson; A.M. Adamson also collected 21 other specimens.

Still here: Elasmias observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 7 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-04-17.

2025-04-17

Tahiti, French Polynesia, PF

(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-04-17

Tahiti, French Polynesia, PF

(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-04-17

Tahiti, French Polynesia, PF

(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-04-01

Pā'ea, French Polynesia

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-03-31

Papeno'o, Hitiaa O Te Ra, French Polynesia

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-09-09

Îles du Vent, PF

(c) Richard Hasegawa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Elasmias. BPBM 88641. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36658693. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/88641.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36658693 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026