Achatinella pulcherrima
Color morphs of A. pulcherrima
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species:
A. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Achatinella pulcherrima
Swainson, 1828
Synonyms[3]
  • Achatinella lorata Férussac, Reeve
  • Achatinella melanostoma Newcomb
  • Achatinella multicolor Pfeiffer
  • Achatinella mahogani Gulick
  • Bulimella pulcherrima Lyons

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

Henry Augustus Pilsbry considered this species to be a subspecies of Achatinella byronii.[3]

Shell description

The dextral shell is ovate oblong, subcylindrical and slender. Some specimens are more ventricose than other. The shell has six whorls. The color is white or yellow with none to several broad bands of chestnut. The margin of the lip is brown. The ground color is a deep and rich chestnut, with from one to three bands of orange, yellow, fulvous or white. The marginal groove to the suture is very close and distinct in all.[3]

The height of the shell is 20.0 mm. The width of the shell is 11.2 mm.[3]

Achatinella pulcherrima shells

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 pulcherrima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T194A13048655. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T194A13048655.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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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