Achatinella elegans is an extinct species of a land snail, gastropod in the family Achatinellidae. It was[when?] endemic to Oʻahu.
| Achatinella elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Bulimella |
| Species: | †A. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| †Achatinella elegans Newcomb, 1853
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Shell description
editThe dextral or sinistral shell is conically-elongate, solid, plano-convex and margined above with the suture well impressed. The shell has six whorls. The aperture is subovate and the white lip is expanded, unreflected, somewhat contracted in its center and thickened within. The short columella is flat and lightly toothed. The glossy shell color is alternating light and dark-brown, arranged in longitudinal lines or broad patches. Sometimes with a white sutural band and a white band on the body whorl.[2]
The height of the shell is 23.1 mm. The width of the shell is 10.3 mm.[2]
References
editThis article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Achatinella elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T181A13045735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T181A13045735.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b c U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figures. PDF