Perdicella is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Achatinellidae. They are endemic to Hawaii and the majority of the species are extinct.
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| Perdicella carinella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Achatinellinae |
| Genus: | Perdicella Pease, 1870 [1] |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Perdicella include:
- Perdicella carinella
- † Perdicella fulgurans
- Perdicella helena
- Perdicella kuhnsi
- † Perdicella maniensis
- Perdicella ornata
- † Perdicella zebra
- † Perdicella zebrina
†=extinct
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