Aaadonta fuscozonata

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Aaadonta fuscozonata
Illustrations labeled as "12" are examples of Aaadonta fuscozonata shell structure.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Aaadonta
Species:
A. fuscozonata
Binomial name
Aaadonta fuscozonata
(Beddome, 1889)
Subspecies
Synonyms
  • Helix (Endodonta) fusco-zonata Beddome, 1889
  • Patula fuscozonata (Beddome, 1889)

Aaadonta fuscozonata is a

mollusc in the family Endodontidae. This species is endemic to Palau,[2] where it is known from Koror and Peleliu, and the small islands of Ngemelis and the northern Rock Islands
. This snail inhabits tropical moist lowland forest, and is threatened by the destruction and modification of its habitat.

A subspecies was identified by Alan Solem in 1976, Aaadonta fuscozonata depressa.[2]

References

  1. . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1. Family Endodontidae. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1976: i-xii, 1-508. [Zoological Record Volume 115]
  • Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem ... ; [collab.] Barbara K. Solem. Chicago, Ill. :Field Museum of Natural History,1976.
  • Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem. Chicago :Field museum of Natural History,1982.