Partulina mighelsiana explained

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]

Description

This snail species has a striped shell that consists of different shades of brown, black, and white. Their body is a transparent brown color.^[2]

Habitat

Partulina mighelsiana is found in very small and fragmented populations.^[3] Although it is not considered to be endangered, it is seriously threatened, similar to many other Hawaiian tree snails  in the subfamily Achatinellinae.^[4] It is terrestrial and is found in trees, trunks, stems, and leaves that have fungi. They are threatened by rats, Euglandina, Oxychilus, habitat destruction, and over-collecting.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NatureServe Explorer 2.0 . 2023-10-09 . explorer.natureserve.org.
2. Web site: 2020-12-30 . Partulina . 2023-10-09 . Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Native Ecosystems Protection & Management . en.
3. 2023-03-28 . Public-private partnership bolsters Hawaiian land snail conservation efforts . 2023-10-09 . en-US . Marcie . Grabowski . School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology . University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
4. The Global Decline of Nonmarine Mollusks . 2023-10-09 . BioScience . 54 . 4 . April 2004 . 321–330 . 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0321:TGDONM]2.0.CO;2 . Charles . Lydeard . Robert H. . Cowie . Winston F. . Ponder . Arthur E. . Bogan . Philippe . Bouchet . Stephanie A. . Clark . Kevin S. . Cummings . Terrence J. . Frest . Olivier . Gargominy . Dai G. . Herbert . Robert . Hershler . Kathryn E. . Perez . Barry . Roth . Mary . Seddon . Ellen E. . Strong . Fred G. . Thompson . 5.