Achatinella viridans Mighels, 1845
Oahu tree-snail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1979 (Suckling et al. 2004)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Oahu Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Greenwald, Noah, Suckling, Kieran F., Hartl, Brett and Mehrhoff, L. A. (2019). Extinction and the U.S. Endangered Species Act. PeerJ 7: e6803 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6803 [Supplemental Information (Extinct or possibly extinct listed species)]
Hadfield, M. & Hadway, L. (1996). Achatinella viridans. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 20 September 2011.
IUCN. (1990). IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.
USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). (1993). Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figs.
USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). (2011). Oahu tree snails (Achatinella spp.) 5-Year Review. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc3903.pdf
Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.