Aaadonta angaurana
| Aaadonta angaurana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Family: | Endodontidae |
| Genus: | Aaadonta |
| Species: | A. angaurana |
| Binomial name | |
| Aaadonta angaurana Solem, 1976 | |
Aaadonta angaurana is a small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Angaur in the Palau Islands, as all members of the genus Aaadonta are endemic to Palau.[2][3] It is known only from one locality, where it was last found in 1936. None have been found recently and they might be extinct.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Aaadonta angaurana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands: (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Sigmurethra)
- ↑ 1996 Red List of Threatened Animals
References
- Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem ... ; [collab.] Barbara K. Solem. Chicago, Ill. :Field Museum of Natural History,1976.
- Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem. Chicago :Field museum of Natural History,1982.
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