Auriculella ambusta

Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some can be found in Oahu specifically in Waianae mountains. Many of the land snails goes extinct due to predators like a rodent, mongoose, etc. Over 752 land snails have been pushed into extinction due to these predators. There closest living relative is the Achatinella tree snails which are and bigger is size.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Auriculella ambusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Auriculella
Species:
A. ambusta
Binomial name
Auriculella ambusta
Pease, 1868

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella ambusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2404A9436927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2404A9436927.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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  4. Hausheer, Justine E. “Hawaiʻian Snails: A Tale of Discovery and Rediscovery.” Cool Green Science, 18 Aug. 2020, blog.nature.org/2020/08/18/hawai%ca%bbian-snails-a-tale-of-discovery-and-rediscovery/. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
  5. Learn, Joshua. “Hundreds of Land Snails Have Gone Extinct in the Past Century.” The Wildlife Society, 25 Jan. 2021, wildlife.org/hundreds-of-land-snails-have-gone-extinct-in-the-past-century/.
  6. Reader, The MIT Press. “The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails.” The MIT Press Reader, 20 Mar. 2023, thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-mysterious-deep-time-movements-of-snails/.
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