Melania

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Pleuroceridae

Collected by: O. Oswald
Collector number: 1065
Date: March 21, 1928
Locality: Kalihi; Kalihi Valley; left-right, 1/2 way up
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Record type: Preservedspecimen

356 Bishop specimens of Melania · collected 1902–2026Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 21, 1928, O. Oswald also collected 24+ other specimens.

Melania observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 34 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-04.

2026-10-04

Kapaʻa, HI 96746, USA

(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-21

Kapaa, HI, US

(c) bassteeth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-12

Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-12

Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-12

Kalākaua Ave, Honolulu, HI, US

(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-23

Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, Maui, Hawai'i, USA

(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Cite this specimen

Melania. BPBM 90161. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37536624. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/90161.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37536624 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026