Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Achatinellid Land Snail
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Stylommatophora
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Achatinelloidea
()
- Gulick, 1873
- Family:
Achatinellidae
()
- Gulick, 1873
- Genus:
Auriculella
()
- Pfeiffer, 1854
- Specific name:
pulchra
- Pease, 1868
- Scientific name: - Auriculella pulchra Pease, 1868
- Specific name:
pulchra
- Pease, 1868
- Genus:
Auriculella
(
- Family:
Achatinellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Achatinelloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Auriculella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. amoena (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. auricula (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. brunnea (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. canalifera (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. castanea (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. cerea (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. crassula (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. diaphana (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. expansa (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. flavida (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. kuesteri (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. lanaiensis (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. malleata (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. minuta (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. montana (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. newcombi (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. olivacea (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. perpusilla (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. perversa (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. petitiana (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. pulchra (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. serrula (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. straminea (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. tantalus (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. tenella (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. tenuis (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. turritella (Achatinellid Land Snail) · A. uniplicata (Achatinellid Land Snail)
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 131.
- Check list of Hawaiian land and fresh water Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1928. url p. 54.
- Fauna hawaiiensis; Cambridge, Eng., The University press, 1913. url p. 378.
- Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. url p. 378, p. 378.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 278, p. 278, p. 66, p. 66, p. 80, p. 80, p. 82, p. 82, p. 83, p. 83, p. 85, p. 85, p. 87, p. 87.
- Mollusca, by E.R. Sykes with intercalations on anatomy by Lt.-Col. Godwin-Austen. [CambridgeUniversity Press]1900. url p. 378.
- Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url p. 15, p. 15, p. 293, p. 293, p. 47.
- The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island / edited by Carl Skottsberg. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1920- url p. 252.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Auriculella pulchra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 10, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7137364
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16147937
- IUCN ID: 193583
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN8230
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 174948
Footnotes
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Auriculella pulchra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. ... [back]
