Aaadonta constricta

Aaadonta constricta
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Endodontidae
Genus:	Aaadonta
Species:	A. constricta
Binomial name
Aaadonta constricta (Semper, 1874)
Subspecies
A. c. babelthuapi A. c. constricta A. c. constricta
Synonyms
Edodonta constricta Semper, 1874

Aaadonta constricta is a species of land snail,^[2][3] a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is endemic to Palau,^[4] where it is known from the islands of Babeldaob, Ngemelis, Peleliu and Koror. It may be extirpated from Koror. It is threatened by habitat destruction and modification.

In 1976, Solem described two subspecies of Aaadonta constricta:

• A. c. babelthuapi^[5][6][7]
• A. c. constricta
• A. c. komakanensis^[8][9][10]

References

1. Rundell, R. J. (2012). "Aaadonta constricta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
2. Archived March 18, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
4. Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1. Family Endodontidae.
5. Archived March 18, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6. Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
7. 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]
8. https://web.archive.org/20120318042418/http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=7114888. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
10. 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.