A living guide to Kauaʻi
Shells, Snails & Other Mollusks of Kauaʻi
Explore the island’s native and introduced species, habitats, watersheds and conservation work. Each record connects its description, images and sources with the interactive Atlas.
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Laevichlamys cuneata
Laevichlamys cuneata
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 records the source name Laevichlamys irregularis at Kauai station Ka4. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 393107 accepts Laevichlamys cuneata and supplies the synonym bridge from L. irregularis. Ka4 is a Kauai co
Lamarcka ventricosa
Lamarcka ventricosa
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 records the source name Arca ventricosa at Kauai stations Ka1, Ka3, and Ka4. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1549091 accepts Lamarcka ventricosa and provides the bridge from Arca ventricosa. The records are fr
Lamellidea cylindrica
Lamellidea cylindrica
Bishop Museum checklist reports Kauai subspecific records under Lamellidea cylindrica cylindrica and L. c. kilohanana. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1380921 accepts Lamellidea cylindrica at species rank. Terrestrial land snail; marine restri
Lamellidea gayi
Lamellidea gayi
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Lamellidea gayi for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1380926 accepts Lamellidea gayi. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Authoritative island checklist and accepted taxonom
Lamellidea peponum
Lamellidea peponum
Bishop Museum checklist and Occasional Paper 50 report the source name Lamellidea oblonga from Kauai. MolluscaBase Aphia service treats Lamellidea oblonga as a junior subjective synonym of accepted Lamellidea peponum, AphiaID 1380923. Ter
Laxisuccinea haena
Laxisuccinea haena
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Laxisuccinea haena for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1375746 accepts Laxisuccinea haena. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Authoritative island checklist and accepted t
Laxisuccinea libera
Laxisuccinea libera
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Laxisuccinea libera for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1375745 accepts Laxisuccinea libera. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Authoritative island checklist and accepted
Leiosolenus mucronatus
Leiosolenus mucronatus
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 records the source name Lithophaga fasciola at Kauai stations Ka1 and Ka4. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 506071 accepts Leiosolenus mucronatus and supplies the synonym bridge from Lithophaga fasciola. Both r
Leptachatina acuminata
Leptachatina acuminata
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Leptachatina acuminata for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1459617 accepts Leptachatina acuminata. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Accepted taxon and authoritative isla
Leptachatina antiqua
Leptachatina antiqua
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Leptachatina antiqua for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1615884 accepts Leptachatina antiqua. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Authoritative checklist and accepted taxo
Leptachatina attenuata
Leptachatina attenuata
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Leptachatina attenuata for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1723165 accepts Leptachatina attenuata. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Authoritative island checklist and ac
Leptachatina balteata
Leptachatina balteata
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist reports Leptachatina balteata for Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1615880 accepts Leptachatina balteata. Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply. Authoritative island checklist and acce
Leptachatina brevicula
Leptachatina brevicula
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1723171 treats Leptachatina brevicula as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Leptachatina costulosa
Leptachatina costulosa
Bishop Museum HBS explicitly lists Kauai, and the MNHN type catalogue gives Kauaʻi as the type locality for lectotype MNHN-IM-2000-30821. MNHN preserves the Pease 1870 name and type; the input lacks an inspected current accepted-name recor
Leptachatina cuneata
Leptachatina cuneata
Bishop Museum HBS explicitly lists Kauai; Régnier et al. (2015) explicitly reports this species among extant Amastridae recorded during recent field work on Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1723538 treats Leptachatina cuneata as an accept
Leptachatina cylindrata
Leptachatina cylindrata
Bishop Museum HBS explicitly lists Kauai; Régnier et al. (2015) explicitly reports this species among extant Amastridae recorded during recent field work on Kauai. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1723540 treats Leptachatina cylindrata as an acc
Leptachatina deceptor
Leptachatina deceptor
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1723999 treats Leptachatina deceptor as an accepted terrestrial species; an H
Leptachatina extensa
Leptachatina extensa
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1615882 treats Leptachatina extensa as an accepted terrestrial species; an HB
Leptachatina fossilis
Leptachatina fossilis
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1722871 treats Leptachatina fossilis as an accepted terrestrial species; an H
Leptachatina fraterna
Leptachatina fraterna
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1722883 treats Leptachatina fraterna as an accepted terrestrial species; an H
Leptachatina gayi
Leptachatina gayi
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1724178 treats Leptachatina gayi as an accepted terrestrial species; an HBS i
Leptachatina haenensis
Leptachatina haenensis
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1724006 treats Leptachatina haenensis as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Leptachatina knudseni
Leptachatina knudseni
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1724460 treats Leptachatina knudseni as an accepted terrestrial species; an H
Leptachatina laevis
Leptachatina laevis
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1615878 treats Leptachatina laevis as an accepted terrestrial species; an HBS
Leptachatina leucochila
Leptachatina leucochila
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1724675 treats Leptachatina leucochila as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Leptachatina lucida
Leptachatina lucida
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1615883 treats Leptachatina lucida as an accepted terrestrial species; an HBS
Leptachatina pachystoma
Leptachatina pachystoma
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1723465 treats Leptachatina pachystoma as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Leptachatina perforata
Leptachatina perforata
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1725370 treats Leptachatina perforata as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Leptachatina pumicata
Leptachatina pumicata
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1725062 treats Leptachatina pumicata as an accepted terrestrial species; an H
Leptachatina pupoidea
Leptachatina pupoidea
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1725066 treats Leptachatina pupoidea as an accepted terrestrial species; an H
Leptachatina pyramis
Leptachatina pyramis
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1725069 treats Leptachatina pyramis as an accepted terrestrial species; an HB
Leptachatina striata
Leptachatina striata
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1557191 treats Leptachatina striata as an accepted terrestrial species; an HB
Leptachatina striatula
Leptachatina striatula
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1480155 treats Leptachatina striatula as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Leptachatina tenebrosa
Leptachatina tenebrosa
Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey freshwater and terrestrial mollusk checklist explicitly lists Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1615881 treats Leptachatina tenebrosa as an accepted terrestrial species; an
Liloa mongii
Liloa mongii
Expert Hawaiian sea-slug account explicitly includes Kauai in the distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 833007 was inspected: source name Liloa mongii; status accepted; accepted name Liloa mongii. Expert account reports protected/expos
Limaria parallela
Limaria parallela
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 visually confirms the species at one or more Kauai stations (Ka1-Ka4) in its present-study table. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 505486 was inspected: source name Limaria parallela; status accepted; accepted n
Littoraria scabra
Littoraria scabra
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 visually confirms the species at one or more Kauai stations (Ka1-Ka4) in its present-study table. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 208939 was inspected: source name Littoraria scabra; status accepted; accepted n
Littoraria undulata
Littoraria undulata
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 visually confirms the species at one or more Kauai stations (Ka1-Ka4) in its present-study table. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 208934 was inspected: source name Littoraria undulata; status accepted; accepted
Lobiger viridis
Lobiger viridis
Expert account explicitly includes Kauai; two 2026 research-grade Kauai observations provide current corroboration. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 494421 was inspected: source name Lobiger viridis; status accepted; accepted name Lobiger viridi
Lovellona peaseana
Lovellona peaseana
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 visually confirms the species at one or more Kauai stations (Ka1-Ka4) in its present-study table. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 428931 was inspected: source name Lovellona peaseana; status accepted; accepted
Isabella cowry
Luria isabella
NOAA-hosted HCRI reef survey table marks Cypraea isabella at a Kauai station; 2018 and 2025 research-grade alive observations corroborate persistence. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 216862 was inspected: source name Luria isabella; status acce
Lyropupa perlonga
Lyropupa perlonga
Bishop Museum HBS checklist explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1513301 was inspected: source name Lyropupa perlonga; status accepted; accepted name Lyropupa perlonga. WoRMS marks the accepted
Lyropupa thaumasia
Lyropupa thaumasia
Bishop Museum HBS checklist explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1513304 was inspected: source name Lyropupa thaumasia; status accepted; accepted name Lyropupa thaumasia. WoRMS marks the accepte
Malleus regula
Malleus regula
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 visually confirms the species at a Kauai station in the present-study table. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 605717 was inspected: source name Malleus regula; status accepted; accepted name Malleus regula. The
Margarya chinensis
Margarya chinensis
Bishop Museum catalogue lists Cipangopaludina chinensis on Kauai (K) as established; multiple 2008 Kauai watershed sheets list it as introduced. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1872173 was inspected: source name Margarya chinensis; status accep
Meghimatium striatum
Meghimatium striatum
Bishop Museum's introduced-mollusk catalogue explicitly lists Kauai (K) and status Established; a 2024 CABI account independently repeats Kauai and Oahu occurrence since at least 1846. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1249787 treats Meghimatium
Melibe megaceras
Melibe megaceras
Expert Hawaiian sea-slug account explicitly includes Kauai; dated research-grade Kauai photographic observation(s) corroborate persistence. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 593358 was inspected: source name Melibe megaceras; status accepted; acc
Metaxia brunnicephala
Metaxia brunnicephala
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 visually confirms the species at a Kauai station in the present-study table. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 565194 was inspected: source name Metaxia brunnicephala; status accepted; accepted name Metaxia brunn
Micromelo scriptus
Micromelo scriptus
Expert Hawaiian sea-slug account explicitly includes Kauai; dated research-grade Kauai photographic observation(s) corroborate persistence. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1523204 was inspected: source name Micromelo scriptus; status accepted;
Miralda paulbartschi
Miralda paulbartschi
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 was visually inspected; this species has a present-study mark in a Kauai station column (Ka1-Ka4). MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 588361 was inspected: source name Miralda paulbartschi; status accepted; accept
Mitra mitra
Mitra mitra
The NOAA-hosted Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Initiative primary report's species-by-site table explicitly marks this species at a Kauai rapid-assessment station. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 590537 was inspected: source name Mitra mitra; status accept
Mitra stictica
Mitra stictica
The NOAA-hosted Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Initiative primary report's species-by-site table explicitly marks this species at a Kauai rapid-assessment station. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 590546 was inspected: source name Mitra stictica; status acc
Monia nobilis
Monia nobilis
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 page 116 was visually inspected: the source combination Anomia nobilis has a present-study mark in Kauai column Ka1. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 504268 was inspected: source name Monia nobilis; status accep
Musculus aviarius
Musculus aviarius
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 was visually inspected; this species has a present-study mark in a Kauai station column (Ka1-Ka4). MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 506143 was inspected: source name Musculus aviarius; status accepted; accepted
Naria helvola
Naria helvola
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 was visually inspected; this species has a present-study mark in a Kauai station column (Ka1-Ka4). MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1075035 was inspected: source name Naria helvola; status accepted; accepted nam
Nerita picea
Nerita picea
Bishop Museum Technical Report 29 was visually inspected and marks Nerita picea at Kauai stations Ka1 and Ka3; 2023 community observations corroborate but do not establish current status. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 765039 was inspected: so
Nesophila baldwini
Nesophila baldwini
The Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey taxon page explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1264788 was inspected: source name Nesophila baldwini; status accepted; accepted name Nesophila baldwini
Nesophila capillata
Nesophila capillata
The Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey taxon page explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1264790 was inspected: source name Nesophila capillata; status accepted; accepted name Nesophila capilla
Nesophila distans
Nesophila distans
The Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey taxon page explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1264789 was inspected: source name Nesophila distans; status accepted; accepted name Nesophila distans.
Nesophila tiara
Nesophila tiara
The Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey taxon page explicitly includes Kauai in the island distribution. MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1264787 was inspected: source name Nesophila tiara; status accepted; accepted name Nesophila tiara. WoR
