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Minute gem

Hawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The minute gem (Hawaiia minuscula) is a species in the family Pristilomatidae.

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Quick facts about the minute gem

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the minute gem live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the minute gem as introduced in 11 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Colombia
  4. France
  5. French Polynesia
  6. Ireland
  7. Israel
  8. Italy
  9. Japan
  10. Poland
  11. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the minute gem endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the minute gem classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPristilomatidae
  5. genusHawaiia
  6. SpeciesHawaiia minuscula (A. Binney, 1841)

Synonyms Helix kawaiensis, Helix minuscula, Helix minutalis, Helix unwini, Hyalina minuscula, Hyalinia minuscula, Johannesoconcha multivolva, Macgillivrayella crystallina, Zonitoides minusculus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Minute gem snailEnglish
  • skelnatěnka drobnáCzech
  • Hawaiianische KristallglanzschneckeGerman
  • האוואיה אמריקאיתHebrew
  • ヒメコハクガイJapanese
  • 하와이호박달팽이Korean
  • hawaiisneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • hawaiisnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • dvärgglanssnäckaSwedish
  • 小琥珀蝸牛Chinese
  • 微小夏威夷蝸牛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the minute gem

Other species in the same genus Hawaiia.

Striate gem

Hawaiia neomexicana

PristilomatidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the minute gem an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the minute gem as introduced in 11 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Colombia, France and French Polynesia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Minute gem (Hawaiia minuscula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/minute-gem

MLA

“Minute gem (Hawaiia minuscula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/minute-gem.

BibTeX
@misc{minute_gem_2026,
  title = {Minute gem (Hawaiia minuscula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/minute-gem},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}