Partulina semicarinata

Partulina semicarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra

Superfamily: Achatinelloidea
Family: Achatinellidae
Subfamily: Achatinellinae
Genus: Partulina
Species: P. semicarinata
Binomial name
Partulina semicarinata
(Newcomb, 1853)

Partulina semicarinata (Lanai tree snail) is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States. The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this snail as an endangered species.

References

  1. Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). Partulina semicarinata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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