Achatinella sowerbyana

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Oswald, O.; Oswald, Olaf
Date: December 15, 1929
Locality: Kaluanui; Glen back of old Castle Camp, on trail near falls
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 December 15, 1929, Oswald, O.; Oswald, Olaf also collected 24+ other specimens.

Achatinella sowerbyana observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1929. 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 96908. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34755993. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/96908.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 34755993 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026