Achatinella decipiens

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Achatinella decipiens
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
CITES Appendix I[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Achatinella
Subgenus: Bulimella
Species:
A. decipiens
Binomial name
Achatinella decipiens
Newcomb, 1854
Synonyms
  • Achatinella corrugata Gulick
  • Achatinella torrida Gulick
  • Achatinella planospira Pfeiffer

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

Cooke considered Achatinella decipiens to be a subspecies of Achatinella byronii.[4]

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