Achatinella abbreviata

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Extinct

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Achatinella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. abbreviata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva cestus (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva leucorraphe (Oahu Treesnail) · A. apexfulva vittata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bellula (Oahu Treesnail) · A. buddii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides elegans (Oahu Treesnail) · A. bulimoides rosea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. byronii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. caesia (Oahu Treesnail) · A. casta (Oahu Treesnail) · A. concavospira (Oahu Treesnail) · A. curta (Oahu Treesnail) · A. decipiens (Oahu Treesnail) · A. decora (Oahu Treesnail) · A. dimorpha (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fulgens (Oahu Treesnail) · A. fuscobasis (Oahu Treesnail) · A. juddii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. juncea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. lehuiensis (Oahu Treesnail) · A. lila (Oahu Treesnail) · A. livida (Oahu Treesnail) · A. lorata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. mustelina (Oahu Treesnail) · A. papyracea (Oahu Treesnail) · A. phaeozona (Oahu Treesnail) · A. pulcherrima (Oahu Treesnail) · A. pupukanioe (Oahu Treesnail) · A. sowerbyana (Oahu Treesnail) · A. spaldingi (Oahu Treesnail) · A. stewartii (Oahu Treesnail) · A. taeniolata (Oahu Treesnail) · A. thaanumi (Oahu Treesnail) · A. turgida (Oahu Treesnail) · A. valida (Oahu Treesnail) · A. viridans (Oahu Treesnail) · A. vulpina (Oahu Treesnail)

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Further Reading

• A preliminary catalogue of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop museum of Polynesian ethnology and natural history. .. Honolulu, 1892-93. url p. 19.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 155 1996 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 191.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 41.
• Catalogue of the mollusca, in the collection of the Government Central Museum, Madras. Madras: Printed at the Asylum Press, by William Thomas, 1867. url p. 46, p. 46.
• Catalogue of the terrestrial shells in the collection of William A. Haines. New York, The New York Printing Company, 1868. url p. 60.
• Check list of Hawaiian land and fresh water Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1928. url p. 21.
• Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 19.
• Conchological miscellany. Boston, etc., 1834?-1883? url p. 6.
• Contributions to conchology: conducted by C.B.Adams... New York, London [etc.]H. Bailliere[1849-52] url p. 128.
• Evolution, racial and habitudinal. Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1905. url , , p. 222, p. 223, p. 41.
• Fauna hawaiiensis; Cambridge, Eng., The University press, 1913. url p. 305.
• Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. url p. 305, p. 305.
• Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta, Printed by order of the trustees, 1878-1884. url p. 151.
• Journal of conchology. London: D. Bogue. url p. 16.
• Land snails from Hawaii, Christmas island, and Samoa / Honolulu, Hawaii: The Museum, 1928. url p. 34.
• 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. 120, p. 120, p. 123, p. 123, p. 124, p. 124, p. 140, p. 140, p. 408, p. 409, p. 409, p. 60, p. xvii.
• Mollusca, by E.R. Sykes with intercalations on anatomy by Lt.-Col. Godwin-Austen. [CambridgeUniversity Press]1900. url p. 305.
• Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url p. 190, p. 190, p. 81, p. 81, p. 81.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 132.
• Report. New York url p. 57.
• The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 167, p. 25, p. 617.
• World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 21.

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. Achatinella abbreviata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755912
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16057792
• IUCN ID: 188366
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN7010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175180

Footnotes

1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Achatinella abbreviata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]

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