Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00070
Carelia periscelis
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About Carelia periscelis
A historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae, known from fragile dead shells from the Kaapoko branch of Hanalei Valley. Its distinctive peripheral keel is reconstructed from the adult type; restored completeness and inferred dark live color are qualified. Listed extinct in a dated 1997 assessment, with last-seen date unknown.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum checklist explicitly reports Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia periscelis
- 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
- Adult source shells are nearly whole and worn; complete margins are a reconstruction. Live shell color is Cooke’s inference from residual pigment. Soft parts, exact collection year, last-seen date and current survey coverage remain undocumented.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- A historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae, known from fragile dead shells from the Kaapoko branch of Hanalei Valley. Its distinctive peripheral keel is reconstructed from the adult type; restored completeness and inferred dark live color are qualified. Listed extinct in a dated 1997 assessment, with last-seen date unknown.