''Perdicella'' is a
genus of
tropical air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Achatinellidae. They are
endemic to
Hawaii and the majority of the species are
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Perdicella'' include:
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Perdicella carinella
''Perdicella carinella'' is a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States
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Perdicella fulgurans
''Perdicella fulgurans'' is an extinct species of tropical tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.
This species was endemic to Hawaii in the United States
The United ...
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Perdicella helena
''Perdicella helena'' is a species of tropical tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States
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Perdicella kuhnsi
''Perdicella kuhnsi'' is a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States
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Perdicella maniensis
†''Perdicella maniensis'' was a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species was endemic to Hawaii in the United States
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Perdicella ornata
''Perdicella ornata'' is a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snails, arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States
The United States of ...
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Perdicella zebra
†''Perdicella zebra'' was a species of tropical tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species was endemic to Hawaii in the United States
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Perdicella zebrina
†''Perdicella zebrina'' was a species of tropical, tree-living, air-breathing, land snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species was endemic to Hawaii in the United States
The United St ...
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References
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Molluscs of Hawaii
Endemic fauna of Hawaii
Gastropod genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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