Auriculella perpusilla

Auriculella perpusilla is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. This species is endemic to Hawaii.

Auriculella perpusilla
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Auriculella
Species:	A. perpusilla
Binomial name
Auriculella perpusilla Smith, 1873

Description

Auriculella perpusilla is incredibly small, most adult shells reaching a height of around 6 millimeters.^[2] Their thin shell has 5 strongly convex whorls with low spires and weakly reflected apertures.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the island of Oahu, Hawaii. In the past, Auriculella perpusilla inhabited wide parts of Eastern and North-Eastern Oahu throughout the Koolau Mountain Range.^[2] This land snail was prevalent in the wet, rain-abundant forest-mountain regions. Today, this species has been only recorded in a specific mountain region near Honolulu.^[2]