Achatinella abbreviata
Achatinella abbreviata, an Oʻahu tree snail, is an extinct species of colorful tropical tree-living air-breathing land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the genus Achatinella.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Bulimella |
| Species: | †A. abbreviata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Achatinella abbreviata Reeve, 1850 | |
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Shell description
The dextral shell is ovate and somewhat ventricose with convex whorls margined round the upper shell. The shell has six whorls. The spire is rather short and obtuse at the apex. The columella is callous and twisted. Olive-yellow, with a black-brown line at the sutures; the lower part of the last whorl is very dark green and the apex is black.[2]
The height of the shell is 19.0 mm. The width of the shell is 10.0 mm.[2]
Conservation status
This species is considered to be extinct. The IUCN Red List first listed it extinct in 1990.[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]
- Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella abbreviata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T167A13037866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T167A13037866.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figures. PDF
External links
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