Aaadonta constricta komakanensis

Aaadonta constricta komakanensis

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Aaadonta
Species: A. constricta
Subspecies: A. c. komakanensis
Trinomial name
Aaadonta constricta komakanensis
Solem, 1976

Aaadonta constricta komakanensis is a subspecies of land snail,[2] a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. It is endemic to Palau, where it was previously known from Koror, but has not been seen since 1936. If it is still extant, it is threatened by destruction or modification of its habitat.

References

  1. Rundell, R. J. (2012). "Aaadonta constricta komakanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.


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