Elasmias luakahaense

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Oswald, O.; Oswald, Olaf
Date: March 28, 1929
Locality: Waimano; S'ly ridge; South of intake of ditch; about 1/2 way up slope
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.4385, -157.8965 ± 2,641 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

50 Bishop specimens of Elasmias luakahaense · collected 1904–2024Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On March 28, 1929, Oswald, O.; Oswald, Olaf also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Elasmias luakahaense observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 67 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11

Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US

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

2026-04-30

Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US

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

2026-04-05

Makiki/Lower/ Punchbowl/Tantalus, Honolulu, HI, USA

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

2026-04-04

Makiki/Lower/ Punchbowl/Tantalus, Honolulu, HI, USA

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

2026-04-04

Makiki/Lower/ Punchbowl/Tantalus, Honolulu, HI, USA

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

2026-04-04

Hawaii, US

no rights reserved

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Cite this specimen

Elasmias luakahaense. BPBM 96298. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36671877. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/96298.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36671877 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026