Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00054
Carelia anceophila
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About Carelia anceophila
A historically documented Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae, described from two dead shells collected along the Olokele trail. The plate reconstructs the adult type shell; living soft parts are undocumented. Listed as extinct in Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 assessment, with last-seen date unknown.
Occurrence evidence
Bishop Museum checklist explicitly reports Kauai.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Carelia anceophila
- Family
- Achatinellidae
- Order
- Stylommatophora
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- extinct
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Listed extinct (Bishop Museum, 1997; last seen unknown)
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-01
- Evidence limits
- Living body appearance, exact collection date, last-seen date, present survey coverage and local ecology remain undocumented in the reviewed sources. Publication year is not a collection date.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- A historically documented Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae, described from two dead shells collected along the Olokele trail. The plate reconstructs the adult type shell; living soft parts are undocumented. Listed as extinct in Bishop Museum’s dated 1997 assessment, with last-seen date unknown.