Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00072
Luakaha Micro-snail
Elasmias luakahaense
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About Luakaha Micro-snail
iNaturalist RG observations 144367735 (2022-12-11) and 258224832 (Nā Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, 2025-01-10) have explicit Kauaʻi Island coordinates; the first states 'On ginger leaf.'
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1380891 lists Elasmias luakahaense as accepted and terrestrial.
Terrestrial leaf/forest habitat; marine filter does not apply.
Accepted terrestrial species with two precise recent Kauaʻi records and direct leaf microhabitat. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Elasmias luakahaense
- Common names
- Luakaha Micro-snail
- Other names
- Elasmias luakahaense
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative survey or expert evidence verifies Kauaʻi occurrence historically; community observations were not used to promote the record to CURRENT.
- 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
- Elasmias luakahaense is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted terrestrial species with two precise recent Kauaʻi records and direct leaf microhabitat. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.