Subulina octona

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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinidae

Collected by: Fullaway
Date: March 4, 1930
Locality: Aua-Afono Trail; 1/2 mi. from shore
Island: Tutuila
Region: American Samoa
Coordinates: -14.2646, -170.6589 ± 1,043 m
Identified by: Robert H. Cowie
Record type: Preservedspecimen

1,352 Bishop specimens of Subulina octona · collected 1912–2026Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On March 4, 1930, Fullaway also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Subulina octona observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2019-03-13.

2019-03-13

Route 006, Afono, AS, AS

(c) Ben Hayden, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Subulina octona. BPBM 97258. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38845152. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/97258.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 38845152 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026