Achatinella viridans
| Achatinella viridans | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinelloidea |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Bulimella |
| Species: | A. viridans |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella viridans Mighels, 1845 |
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Achatinella viridans is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the United States.
[edit] Shell description
The dextral shell is elongate-conic, imperforate with convex whorls and a slightly impressed line below the suture. The shell has five whorls. The color is green with light streaks intermixed. The aperture is subovate and stained with a pink color just within the margin. The lip is slightly thickened.[2]
The height of the shell is 19.2 mm. The width of the shell is 12.0 mm.[2]
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]
- ^ Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996) Achatinella viridans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ^ a b c 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
