Partulina semicarinata

Partulina semicarinata (Lanai tree snail) is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States. The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this snail as an endangered species.

Partulina semicarinata
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Achatinellinae
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P. semicarinata
Binomial name
Partulina semicarinata
(Newcomb, 1853)

References

  1. Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). Partulina semicarinata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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