Helix
Linnaeus, 1758Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 153970 ↗
25
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1906
First collected
1963
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Helix, most mentions first.
1997
Catalog and bibliography of the nonindigenous nonmarine snails and slugs of the Hawaiian IslandsCowie, R.H. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 23 pages
1996
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996: SupplementEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 23 pages
2023
New records of Otala lactea (Müller, 1774) and Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858) in Hawaii: using collaborative networks to combat invasive sleeper populationsHayes, K.A., C.C. Christensen, J.R. Kim, C.M. Kishimoto, J.N. Matsunaga, and N.W. Yeung · Museum research publication · 5 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2002
Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2000
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1996
Records of the Hawaii Biological survey. Part 2: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1996
Saddle Road Project: assessment of the impacts on invertebrates (land snails, insects, and other arthropods)Evenhuis, N.L., R.H. Cowie, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson, and F.G. Howarth · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
7 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1906 by Cooke (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1963; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 29, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
35 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-06-29
Island of Hawaiʻi, Hilo, HI, US
(c) purplepuma301, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-24
White Rd, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) pleinjayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-23
Kula, HI, USA
(c) Monte Tudor-Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-03
Leihulu Pl, Kula, HI, US
(c) David, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-17
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) hummiejo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-30
Haleakala Hwy, Kula, HI, US
(c) Celina Day, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-30
Makawao Ave./Mahola St., Makawao, HI 96768, USA
(c) Christine Blackburn, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-11-24
Maui, Pāʻia, HI, US
(c) fmarmillion, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)








