Aaadonta angaurana

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Aaadonta angaurana
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Aaadonta
Species:
A. angaurana
Binomial name
Aaadonta angaurana
Solem, 1976

Aaadonta angaurana is a small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Angaur in the Palau Islands, as all members of the genus Aaadonta are endemic to Palau. [2] [3] It is known only from one locality, where it was last found in 1936. None have been found recently (As of 2012) and they may be extinct. [1]

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