Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00093
Minute Gem
Hawaiia minuscula
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About Minute Gem
Bishop Museum Hawaiian checklist and Occasional Paper 50 report Hawaiia minuscula from Kauai.
MolluscaBase/WoRMS AphiaID 875270 accepts Hawaiia minuscula.
Terrestrial land snail; marine restrictions do not apply.
Authoritative island and nonindigenous catalogs establish Kauai occurrence and alien status, but not current persistence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Hawaiia minuscula
- Common names
- Minute Gem
- Other names
- Hawaiia minuscula
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historically documented nonindigenous occurrence; present-day persistence not established by inspected sources.
- Origin
- Introduced
- 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
- Hawaiia minuscula is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Authoritative island and nonindigenous catalogs establish Kauai occurrence and alien status, but not current persistence.