Achatinella lehuiensis

Achatinella lehuiensis 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 lehuiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinelloidea
Family:
Achatinellidae
Genus:
Achatinella
Subgenus:
Achatinellastrum
Species:
† A. lehuiensis
Binomial name
† Achatinella lehuiensis
Smith, 1873
Location of Oʻahu

Subspecies
  • Achatinella lehuiensis mienickei Pilsbry & Cooke, 1921[2]

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella lehuiensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T186A13047687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T186A13047687.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. (April) 1921. A new Achatinella from Oahu. The Nautilus, volume 34, number 4, 109-110, plate IV.


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