Newcombia canaliculata
| Newcombia canaliculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Newcombia |
| Species: | N. canaliculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Newcombia canaliculata Baldwin, 1905
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Newcombia canaliculata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.
Distribution & Habitat
These mollusks have been found in Halawa, Molokai and Wailau, Maui.[2] Usually found at higher, mesic elevations. They live on lehua trees, as well as lantana trees.[3]
Description
Newcombia canaliculata has a long, thin textured spiral shell, made up of calcium carbonate that ranges in varieties of brown tones[4]. Shells may be solid colors completely, or have multiple tinges/patterns of neutral colors like white, black and brown. What makes the Newcombia canaliculata so unique is its thin spiral ribbing coiled around the shell. [5]Additionally some snails may have zigzag patterns on a single whorl and oftentimes appear “blurred.”[6]
References
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Newcombia canaliculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14747A4459903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14747A4459903.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Newcombia canaliculata wailauensis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1912". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.
- ^ Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.
- ^ Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.
- ^ Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.