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Requests for GIS data may be submitted by contacting HBMP's GIS Specialist, Dwight Matsuwaki at (808) 956-7184. For a listing of all of the potentially available data, please review our metadata catalog prior to making a request to ensure the desired data is available. Database requests may be submitted by contacting the HBMP's Database Manager, Roy Kam, at hinhp@hawaii.edu. Please note that large database requests may require a fee to cover staff time and materials. Please allow 1-2 weeks for processing.

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Achatinella pulcherrima

A Sample of Heritage Rare Taxon Information

ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD
Database code: IMGASN7250.019
Scientific Name: Achatinella mustelina
Last observed: 1994-01-28
Location: Wai‘anae Mountains, ridge between Makua and Makaha valleys, 2700-2940 ft, detailed map available.
Habitat: Native forest of Metrosideros and other native trees on eroding dry-mesic ridgetop.
Observations: More than 20 individuals (young and adult) alive, on host plants Freycinetia, Pouteria, and Myrsine, with 5 snails on a small recently dead tree (probably Xylosma) apparently girdled by goats (Yoshioka, 1994); extant population at site (Christensen & Hadfield 1984).
Sources: Yoshioka, J. 1994. Field observation, Botanist, Hawai‘i Biodiversity & Mapping Program; Christensen, C. and M.G. Hadfield. 1984. Field survey of endangered Oahu Tree Snails (Genus Achatinella) on the Makua Military Reservation, Oahu, Hawai‘i. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.