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Auriculella ambusta
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Auriculella
Species:	A. ambusta
Binomial name
Auriculella ambusta Pease, 1868

Auriculella ambusta is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Description & Biology

Auriculella ambustahas a white shell with possible markings. They eat fungi and bacteria from leaves.

Habitat

They are found in the Waianae mountains in west Oahu.

References

1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Auriculella ambusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T2404A9436927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2404A9436927.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
3. O’Rorke, Richard (2015). "Dining local: the microbial diet of a snail that grazes microbial communities is geographically structured". Environmental Microbiology. 17 (5): 1755–1757. Bibcode:2015EnvMi..17.1753O. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12630. hdl:10125/67646 – via UH Manoa.
4. Holland, Brenden S.; Hadfield, Michael G. (March 2002). "Islands within an island: phylogeography and conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian tree snail Achatinella mustelina". Molecular Ecology. 11 (3): 365–375. Bibcode:2002MolEc..11..365H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01464.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 11918776. S2CID 20957980.
5. "Family Achatinellidae, Auriculella ambusta". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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