Achatinella taeniolata
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| Achatinella taeniolata Pfeiffer, 1846 |
Achatinella taeniolata, an O'ahu tree snail, is a species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.
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 is endemic to the Hawaiian island of O`ahu.
[edit] Conservation status
This species is critically endangered.
[edit] Source
- Hadfield, M. & Hadway, L. 1996. Achatinella taeniolata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 06 August 2007.
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