Achatinella sowerbyana

Achatinella sowerbyana
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species:
A. sowerbyana
Binomial name
Achatinella sowerbyana
Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms
  • Achatinella oviformis Newcomb
  • Achatinella multicolor Pfeiffer
  • Bulimella sowerbiana Pfeiffer

Achatinella sowerbyana 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 sinistral or dextral shell is imperforate, conic-oblong and solid. The shell has 6 whorls. The spire is slightly convexly-conic and the apex subacute. The suture is margined and the whorls are slightly convex. The glossy color is tawny buff and slightly streaked with a deeper shade. The aperture is oblique and white within. The strong columellar fold is superior, twisted, and roseate. The peristome is rose-lipped with the outer margin shortly expanded and columellar margin dilated and adnate.[3]

The height of the shell is 18.0 mm. The width of the shell is 9.0 mm.[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[3]

  1. ^ Hadfield, M.; Hadway, L. (1996). "Achatinella sowerbyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T197A13048918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T197A13048918.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ 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