Perdicella helena

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Perdicella helena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Perdicella
Species:
P. helena
Binomial name
Perdicella helena
(Newcomb, 1853)

Perdicella helena is a species of tropical tree-living, pulmonate, land snails in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States.

Perdicella helena can be found on Molokaʻi and Maui. This species has been known to enter the islands by getting stuck to feathers of birds or floating tree trunks that found their way to Hawaii.[2]

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