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Newcomb's snail
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Not to be confused with Newcombia, an endemic Hawaiian snail genus in the family Achatinellidae.
Newcomb's snail (Erinna newcombi) is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Erinna newcombi is the type species of the genus Erinna.[2]