Auriculella tenella

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: O. Oswald; Olaf Oswald
Date: October 11, 1928
Locality: Waianae Mts.; Lualualei
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.4344, -158.1412 ± 5,216 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

147 Bishop specimens of Auriculella tenella · collected 1903–2023Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On October 11, 1928, O. Oswald; Olaf Oswald also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Auriculella tenella observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-01-01.

2025-01-01

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

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

2025-01-01

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-01-01

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

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

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Cite this specimen

Auriculella tenella. BPBM 91899. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/91899.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026