Achatinella casta

Achatinella casta
	Achatinella casta shells
Conservation status
	; Extinct (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. casta
Binomial name
	† Achatinella casta; Newcomb, 1853
	Location of Oʻahu

Achatinella casta is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species was endemic to Oʻahu.

References

Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella casta". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T174A13042788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T174A13042788.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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