Auriculella perpusilla


Auriculella perpusilla is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
This species is endemic to Hawaii.

Description

The shell is small, left-handed, and shortly ovate-conic in shape. It is perforated, fragile, and horn-colored. There are 5 slightly convex whorls separated by a simple suture. The aperture is subcircular, and the parietal wall features a thin layer. The peristome is thin and slightly dilated, while the columella is not folded and is somewhat reflected.
Auriculella perpusilla is incredibly small, most adult shells reaching a height of around 6 millimeters.
Their thin shell has 5 strongly convex whorls with low spires and weakly reflected apertures.

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to the island of Oahu, Hawaii. In the past, Auriculella perpusilla inhabited wide parts of Eastern and North-Eastern Oahu throughout the Koolau Mountain Range. This land snail was prevalent in the wet, rain-abundant forest-mountain regions. Today, this species has been only recorded in a specific mountain region near Honolulu.