Achatinella taeniolata
| Achatinella taeniolata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinelloidea |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Bulimella |
| Species: | A. taeniolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella taeniolata Pfeiffer, 1846 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Achatinella rubiginosa Newcomb | |
Achatinella taeniolata, an O'ahu tree snail, is a species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.
This taxon is a subspecies of Achatinella viridans as there is a complete intergradation between them.[2]
Shell description
The dextral shell is ovate-oblong, spiro-conic, solid, striatulate. The shell is more obsolete toward the apex and with slightly convex whorls. The shell has six whorls. Shell colors are glossy white ornamented with varying brown bands. The white columella is strongly toothed above and the margin is dilated, reflexed and appressed. The white aperture is irregularly semioval. The peristome is narrowly thickened outside, and strongly lipped within.[2]
The height of the shell is 20.0 mm. The width of the shell is 11.0 mm.[2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Hawaiian island of O`ahu.
Conservation status
This species is critically endangered.
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]
- ↑ Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Achatinella taeniolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 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