Perdicella
Appearance
Perdicella | |
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Perdicella carinella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Achatinellidae |
Subfamily: | Achatinellinae |
Genus: | Perdicella Pease, 1870 [1] |
Perdicella is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinellidae. They are endemic to Hawaii and the majority of the species are extinct.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Perdicella include:
- Perdicella carinella
- † Perdicella fulgurans
- Perdicella helena
- Perdicella kuhnsi
- † Perdicella maniensis
- Perdicella ornata
- † Perdicella zebra
- † Perdicella zebrina
†=extinct
References
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