Kingdom Animalia Family Achatinellidae Subgenus Achatinella Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Superfamily Achatinelloidea Genus Achatinella Scientific name Achatinella mustelina Higher classification O'ahu tree snail | |
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Similar O'ahu tree snail, Achatinellidae, Achatinella lila, Achatinella apexfulva, Partulina | ||
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.
All 13 subspecies of Achatinella mustelina were synonymized with the species by Holland & Hadfield (2007), because they are not monophyletic.
Habitat
Mountainous forests.
References
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