Auriculella ambusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Auriculella
Species:
A. ambusta
Binomial name
Auriculella ambusta
Pease, 1868

Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Description

To describe what a Auriculella Ambusta is - it's a white shell and there can be markings on them from time to time.[2]

Habitat

Some can be found in Oahu specifically in Waianae mountains and west Oahu.[3][4] To survive they would eat Fungi, bacteria, and Leafs.[5]

Many of the land snails goes extinct due to predators like a rodent, mongoose, etc. Over 752 land snails have been pushed into extinction due to these predators. There closest living relative is the Achatinella tree snails which are and bigger is size.

Diet

Their diet consists of leaves from native trees similar to their other relatives.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella ambusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2404A9436927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2404A9436927.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Holland, Brenden S.; Hadfield, Michael G. (March 2002). "Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina". Molecular Ecology. 11 (3): 365–375. Bibcode:2002MolEc..11..365H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 11918776. S2CID 20957980.
  4. ↑ "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ↑ O’Rorke, Richard (2015). "Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured". Environmental Microbiology. 17 (5): 1755–1757. Bibcode:2015EnvMi..17.1753O. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12630 – via UH Manoa.
  6. ↑ O'Rorke, Richard; Cobian, Gerald M.; Holland, Brenden S.; Price, Melissa R.; Costello, Vincent; Amend, Anthony S. (May 2015). "Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured". Environmental Microbiology. 17 (5): 1753–1764. Bibcode:2015EnvMi..17.1753O. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12630. ISSN 1462-2912. PMID 25285515.


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