Chilonopsis turtoni

Chilonopsis turtoni was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.^[2] This species was endemic to Saint Helena. It was last seen alive between 1884 and 1886 is now considered extinct. It was also the last species within its genus to go extinct.^[3]

Chilonopsis turtoni
Conservation status
Extinct (1884-86)  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	†Chilonopsis
Species:	†C. turtoni
Binomial name
†Chilonopsis turtoni Smith, 1892