Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00046

Few-ribbed Cookeconcha

Cookeconcha paucicostata

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Few-ribbed Cookeconcha (Cookeconcha paucicostata) — source-informed Atlas reconstruction of one complete historical shell; the frozen Kauaʻi status remains historical.
Few-ribbed Cookeconcha (Cookeconcha paucicostata) — source-informed Atlas reconstruction of one complete historical shell; the frozen Kauaʻi status remains historical. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas community media · Image source

About Few-ribbed Cookeconcha

Bishop Museum freshwater/terrestrial checklist explicitly lists Cookeconcha paucicostata for 'Kauai.'

MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1264722 lists Cookeconcha paucicostata as accepted and terrestrial.

Terrestrial taxon; marine filter does not apply.

Explicit island listing and accepted identity verify historical occurrence, not current survival.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Cookeconcha paucicostata
Common names
Few-ribbed Cookeconcha
Other names
Cookeconcha paucicostata
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
Historical checklist occurrence; Bishop page gives status 'Unknown' and no current survey record.
Origin
Origin not inferred from occurrence census
Conservation status
Not assessed
Evidence limits
Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats
Land

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Cookeconcha paucicostata is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Explicit island listing and accepted identity verify historical occurrence, not current survival.

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