Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00172
Nesophila distans
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About Nesophila distans
The Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey taxon page explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1264789 was inspected: source name Nesophila distans; status accepted; accepted name Nesophila distans.
WoRMS flags the accepted species terrestrial; the HBS record is in the land-mollusk checklist.
An authoritative island checklist and accepted terrestrial taxonomy verify historical Kauai occurrence, but no dated post-cutoff authoritative voucher or survey was inspected.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Nesophila distans
- Other names
- Nesophila distans
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historical occurrence verified; the inspected sources do not establish persistence on or after 2016-10-01.
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Nesophila distans is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. An authoritative island checklist and accepted terrestrial taxonomy verify historical Kauai occurrence, but no dated post-cutoff authoritative voucher or survey was inspected.