Biology:Partulina semicarinata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Partulina semicarinata
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.373682 - Partulina semicarinata hayseldeni Baldwin, 1896 - Achatinellidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Partulina
Species:
P. semicarinata
Binomial name
Partulina semicarinata
(Newcomb, 1853)

Partulina semicarinata (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 in the United States . The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this snail as an endangered species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7140868 entry