Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00063
Carelia knudseni
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About Carelia knudseni
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail known in Cooke’s account from a single dead, heavily worn shell. Plate XV figure 4 documents its tall form; the exact island locality and fresh color pattern are unresolved. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum checklist explicitly reports Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia knudseni
- 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 locality, collection year, living habitat, fresh coloration, body appearance and last living occurrence unresolved.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An endemic Kauaʻi land snail known in Cooke’s account from a single dead, heavily worn shell. Plate XV figure 4 documents its tall form; the exact island locality and fresh color pattern are unresolved. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct.