Achatinella pupukanioe

Achatinella pupukanioe is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Achatinellidae. It is endemic to Hawaii.

Achatinella pupukanioe
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species:
A. pupukanioe
Binomial name
Achatinella pupukanioe
Pilsbry & Cooke, 1914

Shell description

The dextral shell is conic and solid. The shell has six whorls. The glossy color is a uniform white, or ivory yellow with a white sutural line or either of these tints with a burnt sienna band immediately above a wider and darker band. The suture is margined. The lip is not expanded and has a brownish edge; the internal rib is white, or sometimes the whole lip is pale-pink. The white columellar fold is rather strong and abrupt.[3]

The height of the shell is 16.3 mm. The width of the shell is 9.7 mm.[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[3]

  1. Hadfield, M.; Hadway, L. (1996). "Achatinella pupukanioe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T195A13048779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T195A13048779.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) Endangered Species 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
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