Achatinella pulcherrima
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| Achatinella pulcherrima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Bulimella |
| Species: | A. pulcherrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Achatinella pulcherrima Swainson, 1828 | |
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Achatinella pulcherrima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Henry Augustus Pilsbry considered this species to be a subspecies of Achatinella byronii.[4]
