| Aaadonta angaurana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| 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]
References
- 1 2 Rundell (2012).
- ↑ Solem & Solem (1976), p. 472.
- ↑ Gärdenfors & Stattersfield (1996), p. 214.
Works cited
- Gärdenfors, Ulf; Stattersfield, A. J. (1996). Red List of Threatened Animals. ISBN 9782831703350.
- Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Aaadonta angaurana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T3A2932256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T3A2932256.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- Solem, Alan; Solem, Barbara K. (1976). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra), Part 1: Family Endodontidae. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2554. OCLC 30717826.
- Solem, Alan (1982). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra), Part 2: Families Punctidae and Charopidae, zoogeography. Chicago, Ill.: Field museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2553. OCLC 34699764.
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