Laminella venusta is a species of land snail in the genus Laminella. [1] Laminella venusta is a land snail in the family Amastridae.[2] In 1845 this species was given the common name of Graceful Laminella Snail.[3] The Hawaiian name for Laminella venusta is Pupu Kuahiwi, and it is the only surviving member of its species currently living on the island of Molokai. [4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Laminella |
| Species: | L. venusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Laminella venusta (Mighels, 1845)
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- Subspecies:
- Laminella venusta muscaria Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
- Laminella venusta orientalis Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
- Laminella venusta venusta (Mighels, 1845)
Description
editLaminella venusta is described as having a fawn-colored body with small distinct black points down its sides. It also has extremely dark tentacles. This species has a lean body that can increase to a size of two-thirds longer than its shell. The size of its shell can approximately reach to 1.35 cm in height with a diameter of 0.62 to 0.73 cm. The Graceful Laminella Snail is distinguished by the final whorl and the sunken black markings on its shell.[3]
Distribution and Habitat
editIt is endemic to Hawaii.[5] Laminella venusta makes its home in the Mapulehu Valley near Molokai’s southeastern coast.[3] This rare species can be found on olopua trees down in gulches. When this species is found it routinely swabs fungi off olona leaves.[4]
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Laminella venusta (Mighels, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1421699 on 2023-08-28
- ^ Imbler, Sabrina (2019-11-22). "In the Field With the Intrepid, Dedicated Snailers of Hawai'i". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ a b c Alang (2018-09-13). "Laminella venusta (Mighels) | Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions". Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ a b "Laminella venusta – Hawaii State Snails Voting Platform". Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "Laminella venusta (Mighels, 1845)". Molluscabase. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- Yeung, N. W.; Bustamente, K. M.; Sischo, D. R.; Hayes, K. A. (2018). Rediscovery of Newcombia canaliculata (Baldwin, 1895) (Gastropoda: Achatinellidae) and Laminella venusta (Mighels, 1845) (Gastropoda: Amastridae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 123: 31-36
- Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the Native Land and Freshwater Molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. [3 June]. Leiden (Backhuys Publishers).
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