Biology:Achatinella bulimoides elegans
| Achatinella bulimoides elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
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| Subspecies: | A. b. elegans
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| Trinomial name | |
| Achatinella bulimoides elegans Newcomb, 1854
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Achatinella bulimoides elegans is an extinct subspecies of land snail, a gastropod in the family Achatinellidae.[3]
Distribution
It was[when?] endemic to Oʻahu.
Shell description
The dextral or sinistral shell is conically-elongate, solid, plano-convex and margined above with the suture well impressed. The shell has six whorls. The aperture is subovate and the white lip is expanded, unreflected, somewhat contracted in its center and thickened within. The short columella is flat and lightly toothed. The glossy shell color is alternating light and dark-brown, arranged in longitudinal lines or broad patches. Sometimes with a white sutural band and a white band on the body whorl.[4]
The height of the shell is 23.1 mm. The width of the shell is 10.3 mm.[4]
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[4]
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T181A13045735.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181/13045735. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ NatureServe. "Achatinella bulimoides elegans" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111142/.
- ↑ Achatinella bulimoides elegans Newcomb, 1854. 27 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) 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
External links
- Newcomb, W. (1854). "Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 133. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747263. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: - Pfeiffer, L. (1854–1855). "Weitere Beobachtungen über die Gattung Achatinella". Malakozoologische Blätter. 2 (1): 4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864742. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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Wikidata ☰ Q308886 entry
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