Auriculella ambusta

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Auriculella ambusta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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.

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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]

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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 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.