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Achatinella vulpina

(Oahu Treesnail)

Overview

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Critically Endangered

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Oahu Treesnail, Pupu Kuahiwi

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: vulpina - (F�russac, 1824)
        Scientific name: - Achatinella vulpina (F�russac, 1824)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Achatinella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 252 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. a · A. abbreviata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. abbreviata bacca · A. adusta · A. affinis · A. albescens · A. albolabris · A. ampla · A. analoga · A. aperepulva · A. apexfulva (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva aloha · A. apexfulva apicata · A. apexfulva beata · A. apexfulva cerrixnivea · A. apexfulva cestus (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva chromatacme · 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. bellula multizonata · 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 mistura · 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. concavospira griseizona · A. concavospira turbiniformis · 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. decipiens kaliuwaaensis · A. decora (Oahu Treesnail) · A. delta · A. dimorpha (Oahu Treesnail) · A. dimorphaA. · A. dimorpha albescens · 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 ampla · A. fulgens versipellis · A. fulgens vespellis · A. fumosa · A. fuscobasis (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fuscobasis lyonsiana · A. fuscobasis wilderi

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Further Reading

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Abbott, R.T., 1989, Compendium of Landshells, pg.61.
Archiv f�r Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 124, p. 199.
Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. ENG url p. 327, p. 328, p. 404.
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. 191, p. 206, p. 207, p. 208, p. 212, p. 213, p. 214, p. 215, p. 216, p. 218, p. 219, p. 220, p. 221, p. 222, p. 223, p. 224, p. 225, p. 226, p. 227, p. 228, p. 229, p. 277, p. 413, p. 60.
Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-84. ENG url p. 47, p. 48.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 35, p. 36.
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 599.
The Cambridge natural history, ed. by S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley [London, Macmillan and co., limited;1895-1909] ENG url p. 326.
The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization. By Henry Adams...and Arthur Adams. LondonJ. Van Voorst, 1858. ENG url p. 74.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Zeitschrift f�r wissenschaftliche Zoologie. url p. 222.

Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 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 November 15, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755989
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16058049
IUCN ID: 207
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN7410
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175156

Last Revised: 2009-09-18