Emerald green snail

Emerald green snail
A shell of Papustyla pulcherrima
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Papustyla
Species:	P. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Papustyla pulcherrima Rensch, 1931
Synonyms
Papuina pulcherrima

The emerald green snail, green tree snail, or manus green tree snail, scientific name Papustyla pulcherrima, sometimes listed as Papuina pulcherrima, is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. Their attractive green shells are popular as jewellery. This has led to a decline in its population due to overharvesting.

A shell of Papustyla pulcherrima.

This species is endemic to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. It lives in trees. It inhabits area up to 112 meters above sea level.

This snail and its shell are protected under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)^[2] and it is listed in the IUCN Red List^[1].

Papustyla pulcherrima is the only foreign gastropod species listed as Federally endangered in the United States since 2 June 1970.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Papustyla pulcherrima. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 February 2009.
2. ^ http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm/isdb/CITES/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?Genus=Papustyla&Species=pulcherrima&source=animals CITES database. Accessed 4 Dec. 2007
3. ^ U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Last updated 5 January 2010). Species Profile for Manus Island Tree snail (Papustyla pulcherrima)." U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service website. Accessed 6 January 2010.

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