Newcombia canaliculata

Newcombia canaliculata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.

Newcombia canaliculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Newcombia
Species:
N. canaliculata
Binomial name
Newcombia canaliculata
Baldwin, 1905

Distribution & Habitat

These mollusks have been found in Halawa, Molokai and Wailau, Maui.[2] Usually found at higher, mesic elevations. They live on lehua trees, as well as lantana trees.[3]

Description

Newcombia canaliculata has a long, thin textured spiral shell, made up of calcium carbonate that ranges in varieties of brown tones.[4] Shells may be solid colors completely, or have multiple tinges/patterns of neutral colors like white, black and brown. What makes the Newcombia canaliculata so unique is its thin spiral ribbing coiled around the shell. [5]Additionally some snails may have zigzag patterns on a single whorl and oftentimes appear  “blurred.”[6]

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Newcombia canaliculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14747A4459903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14747A4459903.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Newcombia canaliculata wailauensis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1912". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  3. Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.
  4. Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.
  5. Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.
  6. Tryon, George W.; Tryon, George W.; Baker, H. Burrington; Cooke, C. Montague; Hyatt, Alpheus; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1912). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Vol. ser.2:v.22 (1912-1914). Philadelphia: Published by the Author.


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