Achatinella mustelina
| Achatinella mustelina | |
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| Achatinella mustelina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinelloidea |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Achatinella |
| Species: | A. mustelina |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella mustelina Mighels, 1845 | |
Achatinella mustelina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Waianae Range of the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
Achatinella mustelina
All 13 subspecies of Achatinella mustelina were synonymized with the species by Holland & Hadfield (2007),[2] because they are not monophyletic.[2]
Habitat
Mountainous forests.[2]
References
- ↑ Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Achatinella mustelina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 Holland B. S. & Hadfield M. G. (2007). "Molecular Systematics of the Endangered O‘ahu Tree Snail Achatinella mustelina: Synonymization of Subspecies and Estimation of Gene Flow between Chiral Morphs". Pacific Science 61(1): 53-66. doi:10.1353/psc.2007.0007
Further reading
Holland, Brenden S.; Hadfield, Michael G. (March 2002). "Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina". Molecular Ecology 11 (3): 365–375. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x. PMID 11918776.
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