Partulina variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Partulina
Species:
P. variabilis
Binomial name
Partulina variabilis
(Newcomb, 1853)

Partulina variabilis (Lanai tree snail) is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.[1] The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this snail as an endangered species.

References

  1. 1 2 Hadfield, M.; Hadway, L. (1996). "Partulina variabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16372A5641238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16372A5641238.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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