Partulina crassa (Newcomb)

Thick Partulina Snail (Partulina crassa 

The Thick Partulina Snail was described in 1853, it was apparently restricted to a place named Kohele on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i, a place that now is so to say completely overgrown with foreign, invasive vegetation.

The shells of this rather large species reached sizes of 1,8 to 2,2 cm in heigth. [1]

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References:

[1] G. W. Tryon; H. A. Pilsbry; a.o.: Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata, Vol. 22: Achatinellidae. 1912-1914

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Depiction from: ‘G. W. Tryon; H. A. Pilsbry; a.o.: Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata, Vol. 22: Achatinellidae. 1912-1914’  

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edited: 17.06.2020