Loading AI tools
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auriculella is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. They are endemic to Hawaii (United States) and several species are extinct. They are oviparous (egg laying) and hermaphroditic. Among achatinellid snails, they are unique in the fact that they are not restricted to living on plants endemic to the Hawaiian islands. They have been known to relatively thrive on non-native plants such as ginger and night jasmine.
Auriculella | |
---|---|
![]() | |
An unidentified species of Auriculella from Hawaii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Achatinellidae |
Subfamily: | Auriculellinae |
Genus: | Auriculella Pfeiffer, 1854[1] |
Auriculella is the type genus of the subfamily Auriculellinae.
Species within the genus Auriculella include: