Achatinella sowerbyana

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: O. Oswald; Olaf Oswald
Date: April 16, 1928
Locality: Kaaawa; Weli Weli; 200 ft. below crest, SE slope; crest on mokihana
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.6, -157.9Shown approximately to protect an endangered species.
Record type: Preservedspecimen

295 Bishop specimens of Achatinella sowerbyana · collected 1909–1963Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 16, 1928, O. Oswald; Olaf Oswald also collected 24+ other specimens.

Achatinella sowerbyana 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 2019-03-24.

2019-03-24

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Achatinella sowerbyana. BPBM 90461. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34633007. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/90461.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 34633007 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026