Aaadonta angaurana
| Aaadonta angaurana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Endodontidae |
| Genus: | Aaadonta |
| Species: | A. angaurana
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| Binomial name | |
| Aaadonta angaurana Solem, 1976
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Aaadonta angaurana is a small air-breathing
gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae
.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Angaur in the Palau Islands, as all members of the genus Aaadonta are endemic to Palau.[2][3] It is known only from one locality, where it was last found in 1936. None have been found recently (As of 2012[update]) and they may be extinct.[1]
References
- ^ a b Rundell (2012).
- ^ Solem & Solem (1976), p. 472.
- ^ Gärdenfors & Stattersfield (1996), p. 214.
Works cited
- Gärdenfors, Ulf; Stattersfield, A. J. (1996). Red List of Threatened Animals. ISBN 9782831703350.
- Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Aaadonta angaurana". . Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- Solem, Alan; Solem, Barbara K. (1976). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra), Part 1: Family Endodontidae. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History. OCLC 30717826.
- Solem, Alan (1982). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra), Part 2: Families Punctidae and Charopidae, zoogeography. Chicago, Ill.: Field museum of Natural History. OCLC 34699764.
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