Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00079
Hawaiian Bugle
Erinna aulacospira
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About Hawaiian Bugle
USFWS taxonomic account identifies the Hawaiian bugle as threatened and endemic to Kauai; Kauai watershed sources list it among endemic snails.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 1315468 retains Erinna aulacospira; USFWS uses the same name.
Freshwater stream snail; watershed and ecological literature place it in Kauai mountain streams.
Island occurrence and identity are authoritative; absence of a recent confirmed living record limits the temporal class to historical.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Erinna aulacospira
- Common names
- Hawaiian Bugle
- Other names
- Erinna aulacospira
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Verified Kauai endemic historically; extant status is uncertain/possibly extinct, so not upgraded 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
- Freshwater and estuarine
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Erinna aulacospira is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Island occurrence and identity are authoritative; absence of a recent confirmed living record limits the temporal class to historical.