Aaadonta fuscozonata

Aaadonta fuscozonata
Illustrations labeled as "12" are examples of Aaadonta fuscozonata shell structure.
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. fuscozonata
Binomial name
Aaadonta fuscozonata
(E.H.Beddome, 1889)
Subspecies
Synonyms

Helix (Endodonta) fusco-zonata E.H.Beddome, 1889

Aaadonta fuscozonata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. This species is endemic to Palau,[2][3] 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 Solem in 1976:

References

  1. ↑ Rundell, R. J. (2012). "Aaadonta fuscozonata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1. Family Endodontidae.
  3. ↑ Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1. Family Endodontidae.
  4. ↑ 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]


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