Achatinella viridans

Achatinella viridans
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Achatinelloidea
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Achatinella
Subgenus:	Bulimella
Species:	A. viridans
Binomial name
	Achatinella viridans; Mighels, 1845
Synonyms
	Achatinella radiata Pfeiffer; Achatinella subvirens Newcomb; Achatinella rutila Newcomb; Achatinella macrostoma Pfeiffer;

Achatinella viridans is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.

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]

References

This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.^[2]

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^ ^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

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[plan1992-2] 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

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