Aaadonta fuscozonata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae. This species is endemic to Palau,[2] where it is known from Koror and Peleliu, and the small islands of Ngemelis and the northern Rock Islands. This snail inhabits tropical moist lowland forest, and is threatened by the destruction and modification of its habitat.

Aaadonta fuscozonata
Illustrations labeled as "12" are examples of Aaadonta fuscozonata shell structure.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Aaadonta
Species:
A. fuscozonata
Binomial name
Aaadonta fuscozonata
(Beddome, 1889)
Subspecies
Synonyms
  • Helix (Endodonta) fusco-zonata Beddome, 1889
  • Patula fuscozonata (Beddome, 1889)

A subspecies was identified by Alan Solem in 1976, Aaadonta fuscozonata depressa.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Aaadonta fuscozonata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T5A3084990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T5A3084990.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra) Part 1. Family Endodontidae. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1976: i-xii, 1-508. [Zoological Record Volume 115]
  • Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem ... ; [collab.] Barbara K. Solem. Chicago, Ill. :Field Museum of Natural History,1976.
  • Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra). Alan Solem. Chicago :Field museum of Natural History,1982.