''Perdicella'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Achatinellidae. They are
endemic
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to
Hawaii
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and the majority of the species are
extinct.
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
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
The United States of A ...
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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
The United States of ...
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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
The United States of Amer ...
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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
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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