Achatinella mustelina
Achatinella mustelina | |
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Achatinella mustelina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Achatinelloidea |
Family: | Achatinellidae |
Genus: | Achatinella |
Subgenus: | Achatinella |
Species: | A. mustelina |
Binomial name | |
Achatinella mustelina Mighels, 1845 | |
Achatinella mustelina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Waianae Range of the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Achatinella mustelina
All 13 subspecies of Achatinella mustelina were synonymized with the species by Holland & Hadfield (2007),[2] because they are not monophyletic.[2]
Habitat
Mountainous forests.[2]
References
- ↑ Hadfield M. & Hadway L. (1996). "Achatinella mustelina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 Holland B. S. & Hadfield M. G. (2007). "Molecular Systematics of the Endangered O‘ahu Tree Snail Achatinella mustelina: Synonymization of Subspecies and Estimation of Gene Flow between Chiral Morphs". Pacific Science 61(1): 53-66. doi:10.1353/psc.2007.0007
Further reading
Holland, Brenden S.; Hadfield, Michael G. (March 2002). "Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina". Molecular Ecology. 11 (3): 365–375. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x. PMID 11918776.
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