A living guide to Kauaʻi
Other Invertebrates 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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Carelia hyattiana
Carelia hyattiana
Kauaʻi endemic land snail in Amastridae, represented by historical dead shells and Waipa fossils. The narrow adult in plate IX figure 8 has an unknown exact origin; figure 7 is juvenile.
Carelia kalalauensis
Carelia kalalauensis
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail with documented living colonies in 1925 and 1927, plus distinct dead and fossil-shell records. The adult reference is Cooke’s Kalalau type in plate III figure 11. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes the spe
Carelia knudseni
Carelia knudseni
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail known in Cooke’s account from a single dead, heavily worn shell. Plate XV figure 4 documents its tall form; the exact island locality and fresh color pattern are unresolved. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list inclu
Carelia lirata
Carelia lirata
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail documented by fossil shells recovered at Māhāʻulepū in 1930. The complete adult type in Cooke’s plate XIV figure 12 guides reconstruction. Fossil age and last living occurrence are unknown; Bishop Museum’s dated
Carelia lymani
Carelia lymani
An endemic Kauaʻi land snail known in Cooke’s account from one fossil shell of unknown locality. The plate XIV figure 5 specimen is explicitly not quite adult, so its final adult form is unresolved. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list includes
Carelia mirabilis
Carelia mirabilis
A Kauaʻi land snail described from fossil fragments collected at Māhāʻulepū in 1930. Its distinctive shell sculpture extends across the base. A whole adult shell is an explicitly qualified composite reconstruction; modern survival and a pri
Carelia necra
Carelia necra
A Kauaʻi land snail known from fossil-shell material at Hanamāʻulu flats. Cooke’s fully adult specimen survives as a body-whorl fragment, so a complete shell requires a qualified composite reconstruction. Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 list inc
Carelia olivacea
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 19
Carelia paradoxa
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
Carelia periscelis
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
Carelia pilsbryi
Carelia pilsbryi
A historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae known in Cooke’s account only from fossil material near Kalihiwai and Kalihikai. The reconstruction follows his representative whole adult, plate II figure 1, while qualifying restored dark shell
Carelia tenebrosa
Carelia tenebrosa
A historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae from the upper slopes and summit of Haupu. The shell reconstruction follows the adult type collected alive, with a nearly black last whorl and distinct spiral cords. Listed extinct in a dated 199
Carelia turricula
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. Liste
Freshwater Golden Clam
Corbicula fluminea
An introduced Asian freshwater clam also called the Asiatic Clam. Hawaiʻi agency and museum accounts document Kauaʻi occurrence; the different common names refer to the same retained Corbicula fluminea identity.
Day Octopus / Heʻe
Octopus cyanea
An Indo-Pacific octopus of Hawaiian reefs. The HCRI survey recorded Octopus cyanea at the Port Allen Harbor entrance on Kauaʻi in November 2002.
