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2006 Holland, B.S. & R.H. Cowie. New island records for the endemic Hawaiian land snail Succinea caduca (Mighels 1845). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 88: 58–60. 2004 Hadfield, M.G., B.S. Holland & K.J. Olival. Contributions of Ex Situ Propagation and Molecular Genetics to the Conservation of Hawaiian Tree Snails.
Amastra micans, commonly known as the Amastrid land snail, is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae. [2] [3] [4] It is a critically endangered species and endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, mainly found in the Waianae Mountains of Oahu. [4] [5]
Since these snails reproduce slowly and only exist in a few limited locations, they are very vulnerable to threats. Habitat destruction for agriculture and invasive species are noted as the biggest reason for population decline, though fires, collecting, drought, hurricanes, logging and human recreation are also to blame.
In addition, invasive species such as Norway rats, Jackson's chameleons, and the highly predatory snail Euglandina rosea have been involved in the extinctions and declines of the native tree snails. [5] [4] O'ahu tree snail shells collected ca. 1933 at an elevation of 1500 feet on Waialae Ridge in Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii.
[1] Laminella venusta is a land snail in the family Amastridae. [2] In 1845 this species was given the common name of Graceful Laminella Snail. [ 3 ] The Hawaiian name for Laminella venusta is Pupu Kuahiwi, and it is the only surviving member of its species currently living on the island of Molokai.
Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a full, year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada ...
Succinea caduca is one of the few land snail species on Hawai'i that is nonendangered, as well as inhabiting multiple islands. [5] A possible explanation for this is its distribution in dry areas, which may only partially overlap with the distribution of Euglandina rosea, a predator snail species that was introduced to Hawai'i and is a major contributor to native Hawaiian land snail species ...
Achatinella apexfulva is a (probably) extinct species of colorful, tropical, arboreal pulmonate land snail in the family Achatinellidae, once present on Oahu, Hawaii. A. apexfulva is the type species of the genus Achatinella. The specific name, apexfulva, meaning "yellow-tipped", refers