Achatinella decora

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• 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

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 201.
• A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system: with their authorities, synonymes, and references to works where figured or described: together with a supplement containing additional species, corrections, and alterations / contained in the collection of John C. Jay. New York: Craighead, 1852. url p. 135, p. 194, p. 215.
• Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 601, p. 602.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 155 1996 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 201.
• 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. 61.
• Check list of Hawaiian land and fresh water Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1928. url p. 23.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 92.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 100.
• Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 20, p. 23.
• Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals / by Lovell Augustus Reeve. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. url p. 71, p. 73.
• Elements of conchology: an introduction to the natural history of shells and of the animals which form them / by Lovell Reeve; in two volumes. London: Published by the Author, 1860. url p. 214, p. 256.
• Fauna hawaiiensis; Cambridge, Eng., The University press, 1913. url p. 301, p. 304.
• Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. url p. 301, p. 304, p. 304.
• Global Biodiversity: status of the Earth's living resources WCMC url p. 207.
• Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta, Printed by order of the trustees, 1878-1884. url p. 152.
• List of Mollusca and shells in the collection of the British Museum, collected and described by Eydoux and Souleyet. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1855 url p. 18.
• 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. 289, p. 289, p. 292, p. 292, p. 307, p. 307, p. 331, p. 331, p. 332, p. 332, p. 333, p. 333, p. 339, p. 339, p. 348, p. 348, p. 421, p. 421, p. liii, p. xviii.
• Mollusca, by E.R. Sykes with intercalations on anatomy by Lt.-Col. Godwin-Austen. [CambridgeUniversity Press]1900. url p. 301, p. 304.
• Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1898-1984. url p. 16, p. 16, p. 16, p. 17, p. 17, p. 18, p. 31, p. 31, p. 31, p. 33, p. 33.
• Occasional papers on mollusks. 1 1949 Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 230.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 38, p. 38, p. 40, p. 40.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 103 1943 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 21, p. 23, p. 40, p. 601, p. 602.
• The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 167, p. 25, p. 617.
• The conchologist's nomenclator: a catalogue of all the recent species of shells / by Agnes Catlow; assisted by Lovell Reeve. London: Reeve Brothers, 1845. url p. 167.
• The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization. By Henry Adams...and Arthur Adams. LondonJ. Van Voorst, 1858. url p. 74.
• 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 decora. 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 10, 2007:

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

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5755936
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16145113
• IUCN ID: 188378
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN7130
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175168

Footnotes

1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Achatinella decora. 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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