Achatinella decora

Achatinella decora
Drawing of a shell of Achatinella decora.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Achatinella
Species: † A. decora
Binomial name
† Achatinella decora
(Férussac, 1821)
Location of Oʻahu

Achatinella decora is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species was endemic to Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

Achatinella decora shells.

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella decora". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T179A13044905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T179A13044905.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.


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