Achatinella vulpina

Achatinella vulpina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.

Achatinella vulpina
A lei made of Achatinella vulpina
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Achatinella
Subgenus:	Achatinellastrum
Species:	A. vulpina
Binomial name
Achatinella vulpina (Férussac, 1824)

Shell description

Left: Achatinella vulpina, right: Partula planilabrum

The dextral or sinistral shell is ovate-conic, and colored glossy yellow, green, olive or chestnut; often banded with green or chestnut. The shell has 6 1⁄4 whorls. The color pattern is extremely variable.^[3]

The height of the shell is 19.0 mm. The width of the shell is 10.0 mm.^[3]