Auriculella ambusta explained

Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Description & Biology

Auriculella ambustahas a white shell with possible markings.[1] They eat fungi and bacteria from leaves.[2]

Habitat

They are found in the Waianae mountains in west Oahu.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta . 2023-10-15 . www.marinelifephotography.com.
  2. O’Rorke . Richard . 2015 . Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured . Environmental Microbiology . 17 . 5 . 1755–1757 . 2015EnvMi..17.1753O . 10.1111/1462-2920.12630 . UH Manoa.
  3. Holland . Brenden S. . Hadfield . Michael G. . March 2002 . Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina . Molecular Ecology . en . 11 . 3 . 365–375 . 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x . 11918776 . 2002MolEc..11..365H . 20957980 . 0962-1083.
  4. Web site: Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta . 2023-10-15 . www.marinelifephotography.com.

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