Achatinella abbreviata
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| Achatinella abbreviata Reeve, 1850 |
Achatinella abbreviata, an Oʻahu tree snail, was a species of colorful tropical tree-living air-breathing land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the genus Achatinella.
Many of this group of species of arboreal snails are sinistral or left-handed in their spiral shell coiling, whereas most gastropod shells are dextral. (See the section on chirality in the article gastropod shell).
[edit] Distribution
This species was endemic to the Hawaiʻian island of Oʻahu.
[edit] Conservation status
This species is considered to be extinct.
[edit] Source
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Achatinella abbreviata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 06 August 2007.
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