Distribution
Newcombia cumingi, is the only known species of the genus Newcombia from the island of Maui, Hawaii, while six other species of Newcombia live on Molokai. The current location occupied by this snail is on private property.
Historically, it was distributed from the West Maui Mountains to the slopes of Haleakalā volcano. Snails were reported from relatively low elevation locations (probably around 1,000 feet (300 m) and up to over 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level. Until October 1994, the last documented sightings of this snail species were in the early 1900s near Lahaina, Wailuku, and Makawao.
In 1994, private natural resource personnel located a small population of Newcomb’s tree snails while monitoring transects for alien species in the mountains of west Maui in the Puu Kukui Reserve. This is the only currently known population. It is located on a single ridge on the northeastern slope of West Maui. The area inhabited by Newcomb’s tree snail extends from 2,412 feet (735 m) to 2,641 feet (805 m) in elevation and does not exceed 6.18 acres (2.51 hectares).
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