| Emerald green snail | |
|---|---|
| A shell of Papustyla pulcherrima | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Papustyla |
| Species: | P. pulcherrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Papustyla pulcherrima Rensch, 1931 |
|
| Synonyms | |
|
Papuina pulcherrima |
|
The emerald green snail, green tree snail, or manus green tree snail, scientific name Papustyla pulcherrima, sometimes listed as Papuina pulcherrima, is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. Their attractive green shells are popular as jewellery. This has led to a decline in its population due to overharvesting.
This species is endemic to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. It lives in trees. It inhabits area up to 112 meters above sea level.
This snail and its shell are protected under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)[2] and it is listed in the IUCN Red List[1].
Papustyla pulcherrima is the only foreign gastropod species listed as Federally endangered in the United States since 2 June 1970.[3]