Achatinella bellula

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Achatinella bellula
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Achatinella bellula shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Achatinellastrum
Species:
A. bellula
Binomial name
Achatinella bellula
Smith, 1873

Achatinella bellula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the United States. No more than five specimens have been observed since 1979. [2]

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References

  1. Hadfield, M.; Hadway, L. (1996). "Achatinella bellula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T169A13039451. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T169A13039451.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Focus on Achatinella bellula | Hawaii Biodiversity & Mapping Program Archived October 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine