Auriculella ambusta
| Auriculella ambusta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Auriculella |
| Species: | A. ambusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculella ambusta Pease, 1868
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Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some can be found in Oahu specifically in Waianae mountains. Many of the land snails goes extinct due to predators like a rodent, mongoose, etc. Over 752 land snails have been pushed into extinction due to these predators. There closest living relative is the Achatinella tree snails which are and bigger is size.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella ambusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2404A9436927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2404A9436927.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Alberts, Elizabeth. “New Land Snail Species Discovered in Hawaii Offers “Gem of Hope.”” Mongabay Environmental News, 5 Aug. 2020, news.mongabay.com/2020/08/new-land-snail-species-discovered-in-hawaii-offers-gem-of-hope/.
- ^ “Auriculella Ambusta - Encyclopedia of Life.” Eol.org, eol.org/pages/4887827. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
- ^ Hausheer, Justine E. “Hawaiʻian Snails: A Tale of Discovery and Rediscovery.” Cool Green Science, 18 Aug. 2020, blog.nature.org/2020/08/18/hawai%ca%bbian-snails-a-tale-of-discovery-and-rediscovery/. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
- ^ Learn, Joshua. “Hundreds of Land Snails Have Gone Extinct in the Past Century.” The Wildlife Society, 25 Jan. 2021, wildlife.org/hundreds-of-land-snails-have-gone-extinct-in-the-past-century/.
- ^ Reader, The MIT Press. “The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails.” The MIT Press Reader, 20 Mar. 2023, thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-mysterious-deep-time-movements-of-snails/.
- ^ “Auriculella Ambusta - Encyclopedia of Life.” Eol.org, eol.org/pages/4887827. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.