Partulina dwightii

Partulina dwightii
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. dwightii
Binomial name
Partulina dwightii
(Newcomb, 1855)

Partulina dwightii 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.

References

  1. Seddon M. B. (1996). Partulina dwightii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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