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Snail Extinction Prevention Program
The snail extinction prevention program (SEPP) or Hawai’i snail extinction program, is a program founded in 2012 and currently directed by David Sischo, David R. SischoFor staff list see https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/ecosystems/sepp/. that is trying to prevent the extinction of Hawai’i’s many rare snails such as ''Achatinella'' and snails of the family Amastridae. (official web page for Snail Extinction Prevention Program) Actions taken Snail enclosures One of the ways the SEPP tries to save those rare snails is by keeping them in an fenced and constantly monitored enclosure in the Hawaiian forest that keeps them away from invasive snails, such as the Rosy WolfsnailRosy Wolfsnails are the main threat to native snails and other introduced predators, such as the Jackson's chameleon, the land flatworms, flatworm ''Platydemus manokwari'', and black rats. Enclosure walls The walls of the SEPP snail enclosures includes a smooth lined wall to prevent chameleons, a steel f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achatinella Fuscobasis 63974826
''Achatinella'' is a tropical genus of colorful land snails in the monotypic Achatinellidae subfamily Achatinellinae. Species are arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusks with some species called Oʻahu tree snails or kāhuli in the Hawaiian language. ''Achatinella'' species are all endemic to the island of Oahu in List of non-marine molluscs of Hawaii, Hawaii, and all remaining extant taxon, extant species are endangered species, endangered. They were once abundant and were mentioned extensively in Hawaiian folklore and songs, and their shells were used in Lei (Hawaii), lei and other ornaments. Many of the species are wiktionary:sinistral, sinistral or left-handed chirality in their spiral gastropod shell, shell coiling, whereas most gastropod shells are wiktionary:dextral, dextral, with a right handed spiral. Distribution There were 41 species of ''Achatinella'' endemic (ecology), endemic to the List of non-marine molluscs of Hawaii, Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, though only 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
