Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00069
Carelia paradoxa
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About Carelia paradoxa
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail documented from fossil deposits at Waipouli and historical dead shells in the Anahola range. The primary shell follows Cooke’s largest whole adult in plate XVII figure 2. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct, with last-seen date unknown.
Occurrence evidence
Four Bishop Museum checklist entries at subspecies rank explicitly report Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia paradoxa
- 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 fossil ages, last living date, original full-body appearance and modern survey coverage unknown. Waipouli adult color recorded as pale subperipheral band/darker base; no exact living hue inferred. Cooke’s1830 recovery date corrected to1930 by source errata.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An endemic Kauaʻi land snail documented from fossil deposits at Waipouli and historical dead shells in the Anahola range. The primary shell follows Cooke’s largest whole adult in plate XVII figure 2. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes it as extinct, with last-seen date unknown.