Achatinella decora

Achatinella decora
Drawing of a shell of Achatinella decora.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Achatinella
Species: A. decora
Binomial name
Achatinella decora
(Férussac, 1821)
Location of Oʻahu

Achatinella decora is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species was endemic to Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

Achatinella decora shells.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella decora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
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