Aaadonta angaurana

Aaadonta angaurana

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Order:Panpulmonata
Clade:Eupulmonata
Clade: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]

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands: (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Sigmurethra)
  3. ↑ 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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