Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00068
Carelia olivacea
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About Carelia olivacea
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail recorded historically in northeastern ridge forests. The plate reconstructs Cooke’s complete typical adult shell in plate XIII figure 4; that particular specimen lacks an exact locality. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct, with last-seen date unknown.
Occurrence evidence
Six Bishop Museum checklist entries at subspecies rank explicitly report Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia olivacea
- 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 and collection year of the selected adult unknown. Table figure5 says Kalihikai while plate explanation says Kalihiwai; that specimen is not used as a precise station anchor. Last living occurrence, original full-body appearance and contemporary survey coverage unresolved.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An endemic Kauaʻi land snail recorded historically in northeastern ridge forests. The plate reconstructs Cooke’s complete typical adult shell in plate XIII figure 4; that particular specimen lacks an exact locality. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct, with last-seen date unknown.