Auriculella perpusilla

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: O. Oswald; Olaf Oswald
Date: May 21, 1928
Locality: Kaaawa; 2/3 to top of peak; below cliffs
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.5147, -157.8738
Identified by: Unknown Determiner
Record type: Preservedspecimen

50 Bishop specimens of Auriculella perpusilla · collected 1917–2019Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1928, O. Oswald; Olaf Oswald also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Auriculella perpusilla observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-17.

2026-06-17

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-04

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-16

Hawaii, US

(c) Grigory Heaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-22

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-04

Hawaii, US

(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-09-30

Hawaii, US

(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Auriculella perpusilla. BPBM 90853. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/90853.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026