Endodonta apiculata

Taxobox
name = Endodonta apiculata
status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Stylommatophora
familia = Endodontidae
genus = "Endodonta"
species = "E. apiculata"
binomial = "Endodonta apiculata"
binomial_authority = (Ancey 1889)
synonyms = Endodonta sp. (Ancey 1889)

"Endodonta apiculata" is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae, an [Endemism|endemic] family of land snails from the Hawaiian islands.

Conservation status

This species is critically endangered and may perhaps already be extinct, mainly because of habitat loss due to human development.

Distribution

It is (or was) found only in Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

ource

* Cowie, R.H. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40717/all Endodonta apiculata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.