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Partulina snail

Partulina redfieldi

Classification

Partulina redfieldi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. Description and biology Partulina redfieldi appears in various colors, and the shells are found to be polymorphic, exhibiting a wide range of white to brown shades with varying numbers of white or brown bands. Partulina redfieldi must reach 3 to 5 years of age before it can reproduce and are only capable of producing up to 5 babies every year.

Distribution

(c) David Sischo, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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United States of America · 3