Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00064
Carelia lirata
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About Carelia lirata
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail documented by fossil shells recovered at Māhāʻulepū in 1930. The complete adult type in Cooke’s plate XIV figure 12 guides reconstruction. Fossil age and last living occurrence are unknown; Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum checklist explicitly reports Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia lirata
- 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
- Fossil age, last living occurrence, exact extinction date and living body appearance unresolved. Cooke’s almost-black living shell color and former wet-forest setting are interpretations.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An endemic Kauaʻi land snail documented by fossil shells recovered at Māhāʻulepū in 1930. The complete adult type in Cooke’s plate XIV figure 12 guides reconstruction. Fossil age and last living occurrence are unknown; Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct.