Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00057

Carelia cumingiana

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Carelia cumingiana — Atlas historical reconstruction of the complete typical-form adult shell, Cooke 1931 plate VI figure 2, catalog25316 from the Thwing collection. Exact locality and collection year are unknown. Empty shell only; terrestrial leaf litter is representative scenery rather than a verified Lumahai station or evidence of current survival. The historical subspecies meineckei and broken fossil figure1 are excluded as primary models.
Carelia cumingiana — Atlas historical reconstruction of the complete typical-form adult shell, Cooke 1931 plate VI figure 2, catalog25316 from the Thwing collection. Exact locality and collection year are unknown. Empty shell only; terrestrial leaf litter is representative scenery rather than a verified Lumahai station or evidence of current survival. The historical subspecies meineckei and broken fossil figure1 are excluded as primary models. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas, generated with OpenAI image generation · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas original illustration · Image source

About Carelia cumingiana

Historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae. The plate reconstructs the complete typical-form adult shell in Cooke 1931 plate VI figure 2. Older Kauai and Koolau labels are retained; Lumahai is a proposed historical locality, not an exact specimen station.

Occurrence evidence

Bishop Museum checklist entries explicitly report Kauai.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Carelia cumingiana
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
Exact typical-form station, collection date, external living-body appearance, last-seen date and current survey coverage unresolved. Selected specimen 25316 has exact locality unknown in the plate explanation; no selected-shell collection year is supplied.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats
Land

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Historical Kauaʻi land snail in Amastridae. The plate reconstructs the complete typical-form adult shell in Cooke 1931 plate VI figure 2. Older Kauai and Koolau labels are retained; Lumahai is a proposed historical locality, not an exact specimen station.

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