Perdicella helena

Perdicella helena is a species of tropical tree-living, pulmonate, land snails in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States.

Perdicella helena
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Perdicella
Species:	P. helena
Binomial name
Perdicella helena (Newcomb, 1853)

Distribution

Perdicella helena can be found on Molokaʻi and Maui. This species has been known to enter the islands by getting stuck to feathers of birds or floating tree trunks that found their way to Hawaii.^[2]

Habitat

Perdicella helena can be found on the trunk, stems & leaves of certain non-pubescent plants that have the fungi they feed on.^[3] They can be found on the ground and in the vegetation.^[4]

Description

Perdicella helena have a shell diameter of 3-10 mm.^[4]