| Auriculella tenella | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Auriculella |
| Species: | A. tenella
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculella tenella
Ancey, 1889
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Auriculella tenella is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. This species is endemic to the United States. [2]
Auriculella tenella's shell can be described to have a sinistral shape with puffed up whorls. As for color it can be seen primarily as a shade of brown that has streaks of red and may have a single band of a darker hue of brown. As for dimensions, the average height of its shell is measured to about 5.6 millimeters while its width is around 3 millimeters. [3]
Auriculella tenella can be located on Waianae mountains on the Hawaiian island, Oahu. [4] They primarily reside in several trees, making them arboreal, and other plant life such as small plants ( Brossaisia, Cordyline, Freycinetia aborea, Lantana, Pelea, Sadleria cyatheoides, Bidens, Coprosma, Euphorbia, Psychotria, Ilex, Philodendron), ferns, tree trunks ( Metrosideros) near or on stream banks. But the species has also been seen on fallen dead leaves, tree bark, and stones on the ground. [3] They last were found on the Mount Kaala Area Reserve in 1987 [5] Their habitat is safeguarded and prioritized by the military and state in order to preserve the population of the species and other endemic animals of Hawai’i. [6]
Auriculella tenella is currently considered a rare species according to Hawaiian malacologists and gathered heritage data. They are also considered imperiled globally to the Hawaii Heritage Program Rank. [5]
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella tenella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2410A9437239. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2410A9437239.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Check list of Hawaiian land and fresh water Mollusca". HathiTrust. hdl: 2027/miun.agz2532.0001.056. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ a b Yeung, Norine W.; Slapcinsky, John; Strong, Ellen E.; Kim, Jaynee R.; Hayes, Kenneth A. (2020-07-20). "Overlooked but not forgotten: the first new extant species of Hawaiian land snail described in 60 years, Auriculella gagneorum sp. nov. (Achatinellidae, Auriculellinae)". ZooKeys (950): 1–31. Bibcode: 2020ZooK..950....1Y. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.950.50669. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7387373. PMID 32774098.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Auriculella tenella Ancey, 1889". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ a b MOUNT KAALA NATURAL AREA RESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Apr. 1990, dlnr.hawaii.gov/ecosystems/files/2013/08/Mount-Kaala-Management-Plan.pdf. Accessed 25 Feb. 2024.
- ^ Nature Serve. “Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations.” Nature Serve, Jan. 2004, https://www.natureserve.org/sites/default/files/03-154-species-at-risk-on-department-of-defense-installations-revised-report-and-documentation.pdf. Accessed 10 Mar. 2024.