Partulina mighelsiana is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Moloka'i, Hawaii in the United States. [1]
Partulina mighelsiana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Achatinellidae |
Genus: | Partulina |
Species: | P. mighelsiana
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Binomial name | |
Partulina mighelsiana (Pfeiffer, 1847)
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This snail species has a striped shell that consists of different shades of brown, black, and white. Their body is a transparent brown color.[3]
Partulina mighelsiana is found in very small and fragmented populations.[4] Although it is not considered to be endangered, it is seriously threatened, similar to many other Hawaiian tree snails in the subfamily Achatinellinae.[5] It is terrestrial and is found in trees, trunks, stems, and leaves that have fungi.[1] They are threatened by rats, Euglandina, Oxychilus, habitat destruction, and over-collecting.