Achatinella curta

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Achatinella curta
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
CITES Appendix I[3]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Achatinellastrum
Species:
A. curta
Binomial name
Achatinella curta
Newcomb, 1853

Achatinella curta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Adults of Achatinella curta can get 21.4 mm long and 10.3 mm wide.[4] The shell of adults has five whorls and can be either dextral or sinistral.[5] Their shell has a color scheme of polished yellow or chestnut with a plain or black sutural band, rarely with two or more on the last whorl.[5]

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