Achatinella pupukanioe

Achatinella pupukanioe
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
clade Orthurethra

Superfamily: Achatinelloidea
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species: A. pupukanioe
Binomial name
Achatinella pupukanioe
Pilsbry & Cooke, 1914

Achatinella pupukanioe is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the Achatinellidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii.

Shell description

The dextral shell is conic and solid. The shell has six whorls. The glossy color is a uniform white, or ivory yellow with a white sutural line or either of these tints with a burnt sienna band immediately above a wider and darker band. The suture is margined. The lip is not expanded and has a brownish edge; the internal rib is white, or sometimes the whole lip is pale-pink. The white columellar fold is rather strong and abrupt.[2]

The height of the shell is 16.3 mm. The width of the shell is 9.7 mm.[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]

  1. Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Achatinella pupukanioe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) Endangered Species Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figures. PDF