Biology:Aaadonta angaurana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Aaadonta angaurana

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Aaadonta
Species:
A. angaurana
Binomial name
Aaadonta angaurana
Solem, 1976

Aaadonta angaurana is a small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Angaur in the Palau Islands, as all members of the genus Aaadonta are endemic to Palau.[2][3] It is known only from one locality, where it was last found in 1936. None have been found recently and they might be extinct.[1]

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