Achatinella bellula

Achatinella bellula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the United States. No more than five specimens have been observed since 1979.[2]

Achatinella bellula
Achatinella bellula shells

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
Family:
Achatinellidae
Genus:
Achatinella
Subgenus:
Achatinellastrum
Species:
A. bellula
Binomial name
Achatinella bellula
Smith, 1873

References
  1. Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Achatinella bellula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T169A13039451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T169A13039451.en.
  2. Focus on Achatinella bellula | Hawaii Biodiversity & Mapping Program Archived October 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


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