Leptachatina

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Amastridae

Collected by: Swezey & CookeClarence H. Cooke Jr. →Otto Herman Swezey →
Date: May 27, 1928
Locality: Waianae Mts.; Haleanau; E branch, along old fire break trail
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Collected the same day

On May 27, 1928, Swezey & Cooke also collected 24+ other specimens.

Leptachatina observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1928. 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)

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

Cite this specimen

Leptachatina. BPBM 89400. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/89400.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026