Achatinella elegans

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Achatinella elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species:
†A. elegans
Binomial name
†Achatinella elegans
Newcomb, 1853
Location of Oʻahu
Synonyms
  • Achatinella spadicea Gulick
  • Achatinella wheatleyi Nob.
  • Achatinella vidua Pfeiffer

Achatinella elegans is an extinct species of a land snail,

gastropod in the family Achatinellidae. It was[when?] endemic to Oʻahu
.

Shell description

The dextral or sinistral

suture well impressed. The shell has six whorls. The aperture is subovate and the white lip is expanded, unreflected, somewhat contracted in its center and thickened within. The short columella
is flat and lightly toothed. The glossy shell color is alternating light and dark-brown, arranged in longitudinal lines or broad patches. Sometimes with a white sutural band and a white band on the body whorl.[2]

The height of the shell is 23.1 mm. The width of the shell is 10.3 mm.[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain text (a

work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T181A13045735.en
    . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^
    Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figures. PDF
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