| Aaadonta angaurana | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| 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. It is known only from one locality, where it was last found in 1936. None have been found recently (As of 2012) and they may be extinct.
References
- ^ Rundell (2012).
- Solem & Solem (1976), p. 472.
- Gärdenfors & Stattersfield (1996), p. 214.
Works cited
- Gärdenfors, Ulf; Stattersfield, A. J. (1996). Red List of Threatened Animals. ISBN 9782831703350.
- Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Aaadonta angaurana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T3A2932256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T3A2932256.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- Solem, Alan; Solem, Barbara K. (1976). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra), Part 1: Family Endodontidae. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2554. OCLC 30717826.
- Solem, Alan (1982). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca : Pulmonata : Sigmurethra), Part 2: Families Punctidae and Charopidae, zoogeography. Chicago, Ill.: Field museum of Natural History. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2553. OCLC 34699764.
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