''Kubaryia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

s in the family

Assimineidae Assimineidae is a family (biology), family of small snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea. Many of these very small snails live in i ...

. It is

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

, the only species being ''Kubaryia pilikia''. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the island of

Peleliu Peleliu (or Beliliou) is an island in the island nation of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II. ...

Palau Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands ...

. This ground-dwelling species is known to have occurred in moist lowland forest. It was last observed in 2003 when one dead shell was discovered. It is not known whether it still exists.

References

Assimineidae Monotypic gastropod genera Molluscs of Oceania Endemic fauna of Palau Taxa named by William J. Clench Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Palau-stub