Achatinella fulgens Newcomb, 1853
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Achatinella liliacea Pfeiffer; Achatinella lilaceum Pfeiffer; Achatinella ipina Ferussac; Achatinella crassidentata Pfeiffer; Achatinella plumata Gulick; Achatinella diversa Gulick; Achatinella varia Gulick; Achatinella trilineata Gulick; Achatinella augusta Smith; Achatinella angusta Smith; Achatinella versipellis Gulick; Achatinella fuscolineata Smith; Achatinella ampla Newcomb; A. solitaria Newcomb; Achatinellastrum versipilis Gulick.
Conservation Status
Extinct in the wild
Last record: 2017
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hadfield, M. and Hadway, L. (1996). Achatinella fulgens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 19 September 2011.
Price, M. R., Hadfield, M. G., Knapp, I. S. S., Toonen, R. J. and Forsman, Z. H. (2021). Evolutionary genomics of endangered Hawaiian tree snails (Achatinellidae: Achatinellinae) for conservation of adaptive capacity. PeerJ 9:e10993. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10993 [Supplemental Information 1 (Maximum likelihood (ML) trees); Supplemental Information 2 (Tree snail sample attributes by taxonomy)]
Price, M. R., Sischo, D., Pascua, M. and Hadfield, M. G. (2015). Demographic and genetic factors in the recovery or demise of ex situ populations following a severe bottleneck in fifteen species of Hawaiian tree snails. PeerJ 3: e1406.
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