Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Auriculella |
| Species: | A. ambusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculella ambusta Pease, 1868
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Description & Biology
editAuriculella ambustahas a white shell with possible markings.[2] They eat fungi and bacteria from leaves.[3]
Habitat
editReferences
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella ambusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2404A9436927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2404A9436927.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ O’Rorke, Richard (2015). "Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured". Environmental Microbiology. 17 (5): 1755–1757. Bibcode:2015EnvMi..17.1753O. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12630. hdl:10125/67646 – via UH Manoa.
- ^ Holland, Brenden S.; Hadfield, Michael G. (March 2002). "Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina". Molecular Ecology. 11 (3): 365–375. Bibcode:2002MolEc..11..365H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 11918776. S2CID 20957980.
- ^ "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.