Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00073
Carelia turricula
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About Carelia turricula
A historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae, documented from Waioli–Waipa and neighboring ridges. The reconstruction follows a complete mature shell in Cooke’s plate X figure2, preserving its dark base and widely spaced spiral cords. Listed extinct in a dated1997 assessment, with last-seen date unknown.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum checklist explicitly reports Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia turricula
- 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
- Selected specimen25331 collection year unresolved; present population,last-seen date and modern survey coverage undocumented. Preserved-body color observations from lot86160 do not fully establish living external anatomy. Historical forms show strong variation.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- A historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae, documented from Waioli–Waipa and neighboring ridges. The reconstruction follows a complete mature shell in Cooke’s plate X figure2, preserving its dark base and widely spaced spiral cords. Listed extinct in a dated1997 assessment, with last-seen date unknown.