Achatinella bellula
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| Achatinella bellula | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Achatinellastrum |
| Species: | A. bellula |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella bellula Smith, 1873 |
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Achatinella bellula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the United States. No more than five specimens have been observed since 1979. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996) Achatinella bellula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ^ Focus on Achatinella bellula | Hawaii Biodiversity & Mapping Program
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