Auriculella perpusilla is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. This species is endemic to Hawaii.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Auriculella |
| Species: | A. perpusilla
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| Auriculella perpusilla Smith, 1873
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Description
editAuriculella perpusilla is incredibly small, most adult shells reaching a height of around 6 millimeters.[2] Their thin shell has 5 strongly convex whorls with low spires and weakly reflected apertures.[2]
Distribution and habitat
editThis species is endemic to the island of Oahu, Hawaii. In the past, Auriculella perpusilla inhabited wide parts of Eastern and North-Eastern Oahu throughout the Koolau Mountain Range.[2] This land snail was prevalent in the wet, rain-abundant forest-mountain regions. Today, this species has been only recorded in a specific mountain region near Honolulu.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella perpusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2408A9437135. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2408A9437135.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Yeung, Norine W.; Slapcinsky, John; Strong, Ellen E.; Kim, Jaynee R.; Hayes, Kenneth A. (20 July 2020). "Overlooked but not forgotten: the first new extant species of Hawaiian land snail described in 60 years, Auriculella gagneorum sp. nov. (Achatinellidae, Auriculellinae)". ZooKeys (950): 1–31. Bibcode:2020ZooK..950....1Y. doi:10.3897/zookeys.950.50669. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7387373. PMID 32774098.