Achatinella apexfulva
| Achatinella apexfulva | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Achatinella apexfulva. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Achatinella |
| Species: | A. apexfulva |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella apexfulva (Dixon, 1789)[2] | |
Achatinella apexfulva is a species of colorful, tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.
Achatinella apexfulva is the type species of the genus Achatinella.
Distribution
This species was endemic to Hawaii, United States. In April 2011, it was reported that the species had been reduced to a single, captive individual.[3][4]
Description
Achatinella apexfulva shells.
References
- ↑ Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Achatinella apexfulva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ↑ Pilsbry, Henry A. (1912–1914). "Historical Notes on the Literature". Manual of Conchology. XXII. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
The first Achatinellid shells brought to Europe, so far as we know, were obtained by Captain George Dixon, who visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1786 and 1787. They were strung on a lei or necklace, which seems to have been made entirely of Achatinella apexfulva and A. decora. It appears that four specific names were based upon these specimens.
- ↑ "Achatinella apexfulva". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ↑ Thom van Dooren (2013) "The last snail: conservation and extinction in Hawai’i" February 28, 2013. Retrieved 8 January, 2016.
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