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Achatinella swiftii

Overview

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Critically Endangered

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Heterobranchia () - J.e. Gray, 1840
        Order: Pulmonata () - Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
        Suborder: Eupulmonata () - (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
        Infraorder: Stylommatophora () - A. Schmidt, 1855
        Superfamily: Achatinelloidea () - Gulick, 1873
        Family: Achatinellidae () - Gulick, 1873
        Genus: Achatinella ()
        Specific name: swiftii - pallidula P & C
        Scientific name: - Achatinella swiftii pallidula P & C

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Achatinella

There are approximately 222 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. a · A. abbreviata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. adusta · A. affinis · A. albescens · A. albolabris · A. ampla · A. analoga · A. aperepulva · A. apexfulva (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva cerrixnivea · A. apexfulva cestus (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva form · A. apexfulva leucorraphe (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva tuberans · A. apexfulva vittata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apicata · A. aplustre · A. assimilis · A. augusta · A. bacca · A. bellula (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bicolor · A. bilineata · A. bryonii · A. buddi · A. buddii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. budii · A. bulienoides · A. bulimoides (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides elegans (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides mistera · A. bulimoides obliqua · A. bulimoides rosea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides spadicea · A. byroni · A. byronii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. caesia (Oahu Treesnail) · A. candida · A. casta (Oahu Treesnail) · A. castanea · A. castra · A. cestus · A. cestus besiani · A. cinnamomea · A. cistus · A. clementina · A. cognata · A. colorata · A. comcavospira · A. concavospira (Oahu Treesnail) · A. concavospirs · A. concuvospira · A. conformis · A. coniformis · A. consanguinea · A. corrugata · A. crassa · A. crassidentata · A. curta (Oahu Treesnail) · A. cyclostoma · A. decipiens (Oahu Treesnail) · A. decora (Oahu Treesnail) · A. delta · A. dimorpha (Oahu Treesnail) · A. dimorphaA. · A. diversa · A. dolium · A. dubia · A. dunkeri · A. elegans · A. elegans wheatleyana · A. faba · A. ferussaci · A. flava · A. flavida · A. forbesiana · A. formosa · A. frickei · A. fuisoror · A. fulgans · A. fulgens (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fulgens versipellis · A. fumosa · A. fuscobasis (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fuscolineata · A. glabra · A. glauca · A. globosa · A. gracilis · A. gulickii · A. herbacea · A. intermedia · A. johnsoni · A. juddi · A. juddii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. jultilineata · A. juncea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. kaliuwaaensis · A. larata

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Further Reading

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Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 207.
Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. ENG url p. 300.
Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. ENG url p. 275, p. 305, p. 306, p. 307, p. 308, p. 310, p. 311, p. 313, p. 314, p. 315, p. 316, p. 317, p. 324, p. 327, p. 337, p. 408, p. 419, p. 420.
New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea, by William J. Clench and Ruth D. Turner. [Philadelphia]Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1962. ENG url p. 31.
Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-84. ENG url p. 27, p. 29.
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 108, p. 130, p. 131, p. 132, p. 84, p. 87.
Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 10, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Hadfield, M. & Hadway, L. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 10, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755975
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16145242
IUCN ID: 200
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1331

Last Revised: 2009-04-24