Achatinella pulcherrima
| Achatinella pulcherrima | |
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| Color morphs of A. pulcherrima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Bulimella |
| Species: | A. pulcherrima
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| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella pulcherrima Swainson, 1828
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| Synonyms[3] | |
Achatinella pulcherrima is a
.Henry Augustus Pilsbry considered this species to be a subspecies of Achatinella byronii.[3]
Shell description
The dextral shell is ovate oblong, subcylindrical and slender. Some specimens are more ventricose than other. The shell has six whorls. The color is white or yellow with none to several broad bands of chestnut. The margin of the lip is brown. The ground color is a deep and rich chestnut, with from one to three bands of orange, yellow, fulvous or white. The marginal groove to the
suture is very close and distinct in all.[3]
The height of the shell is 20.0 mm. The width of the shell is 11.2 mm.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a
work of the United States Government) from reference.[3]
- . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Endangered Species 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
External links
Media related to Achatinella pulcherrima at Wikimedia Commons