Partulina variabilis

Partulina variabilis (Lanai tree snail) is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.[1] The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this snail as an endangered species.

Partulina variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinelloidea
Family:
Achatinellidae
Subfamily:
Achatinellinae
Genus:
Partulina
Species:
P. variabilis
Binomial name
Partulina variabilis
(Newcomb, 1853)

References
  1. Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Partulina variabilis". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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