Auriculella ambusta

Auriculella ambusta
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Auriculella
Species:	A. ambusta
Binomial name
Auriculella ambusta Pease, 1868

Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Description & Biology

Auriculella ambustahas a white shell with possible markings. ^[2] They eat fungi and bacteria from leaves. ^[3]

Habitat

They are found in the Waianae mountains in west Oahu. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella ambusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T2404A9436927. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2404A9436927.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
3. O'Rorke, Richard (2015). "Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured". Environmental Microbiology. 17 (5): 1755–1757. Bibcode:2015EnvMi..17.1753O. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12630. hdl: 10125/67646 – via UH Manoa.
4. Holland, Brenden S.; Hadfield, Michael G. (March 2002). "Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina" . Molecular Ecology. 11 (3): 365–375. Bibcode:2002MolEc..11..365H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x. ISSN   0962-1083. PMID   11918776. S2CID   20957980.
5. "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.