Achatinella decipiens

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Achatinella decipiens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species:
A. decipiens
Binomial name
Achatinella decipiens
Newcomb, 1854
Synonyms
  • Achatinella corrugata Gulick
  • Achatinella torrida Gulick
  • Achatinella planospira Pfeiffer

Achatinella decipiens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.

Cooke considered Achatinella decipiens to be a subspecies of Achatinella byronii . [2]

Shell description

The rough sinistral (eastern range) or smooth dextral (western range) shell is conically-elongate, solid, slightly rounded, and margined above. The shell has six whorls. The aperture is elongately-ovate and the lip is subreflected. The columella is short, obliquely twisted and has an expanded callus. The suture is slightly impressed with numerous longitudinal, oblique striae. Shell color is white with yellow transverse bands, or yellow with white transverse lines and longitudinal chestnut colored stripes. [2]

The height of the shell is 20.5 mm. The width of the shell is 9.0 mm. [2]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference. [2]

  1. ↑ Hadfield, M.; Hadway, L. (1996). "Achatinella decipiens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T178A13044776. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T178A13044776.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figures. PDF
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