Endodonta apiculata

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Endodonta apiculata
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Endodonta
Species: E. apiculata
Binomial name
Endodonta apiculata
(Ancey, 1889)
Synonyms

Endodonta sp. (Ancey 1889)

Endodonta apiculata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae, an endemic family of land snails from the Hawaiian islands.

Conservation status

This species is critically endangered and may perhaps already be extinct, mainly because of habitat loss due to human development.

Distribution

It is (or was) found only in Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

References

  1. Cowie, R.H. 2000. Endodonta apiculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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