Partulina variabilis
| Partulina variabilis | |
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| Partulina variabilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinelloidea |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Achatinellinae |
| Genus: | Partulina |
| Species: | P. variabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Partulina variabilis (Newcomb, 1853) | |
Partulina variabilis (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, the United States.[1] The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this snail as an endangered species.
References
- 1 2 Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Partulina variabilis". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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