- Achatinella taeniolata
Taxobox
name = "Achatinella taeniolata"
status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
ordo =Stylommatophora
familia =Achatinellidae
genus = "Achatinella "
species = "A. taeniolata"
binomial = "Achatinella taeniolata"
binomial_authority = Pfeiffer, 1846
synonyms ="Achatinella taeniolata", an O'ahu tree snail, is a
species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing landsnail , anarboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the familyAchatinellidae .Many of this group of species of arboreal snails are sinistral or left-handed in their
spiral shell coiling, whereas most gastropod shells are dextral. (See the section onchirality in the articlegastropod shell ).Distribution
This species is endemic to the Hawaiian island of
O`ahu .Conservation status
This species is critically endangered.
ource
* Hadfield, M. & Hadway, L. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/201/all Achatinella taeniolata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
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