Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00062
Carelia kalalauensis
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About Carelia kalalauensis
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail with documented living colonies in 1925 and 1927, plus distinct dead and fossil-shell records. The adult reference is Cooke’s Kalalau type in plate III figure 11. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes the species as extinct.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum checklist explicitly reports Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia kalalauensis
- Family
- Achatinellidae
- Order
- Stylommatophora
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- extinct
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Listed extinct (Bishop Museum, 1997; last seen unknown)
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-01
- Evidence limits
- Exact last living occurrence and extinction year unresolved; no modern survey claim. Adult type shell is documented, but living body appearance is not established by its plate.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An endemic Kauaʻi land snail with documented living colonies in 1925 and 1927, plus distinct dead and fossil-shell records. The adult reference is Cooke’s Kalalau type in plate III figure 11. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes the species as extinct.