Pacificella variabilis

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Achatinellidae

Collected by: Buck, P.H. & M.; Buck, Peter H.
Date: December 1, 1929
Locality: Cook Islands; Lower Cook Islands; Mangaia; North & West coast & Makatea; 200 yards to 1-1/2 miles from shore
Region: Cook Islands
Record type: Preservedspecimen

71 Bishop specimens of Pacificella variabilis · collected 1925–2019Species page ›

Collected the same day

On December 1, 1929, Buck, P.H. & M.; Buck, Peter H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Pacificella variabilis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-04-05.

2023-04-05

Avera, Taputapuapea, French Polynesia

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-04-03

Maeva, Huahine, French Polynesia

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Pacificella variabilis. BPBM 97580. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39338515. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/97580.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 39338515 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026