''Newcombia'' is a

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of tropical tree-living air-breathing

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

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s in the family

Achatinellidae Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Taxonomy It was previously the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the tax ...

. The Hawaiian tree snail genus ''Newcombia'' is a member of the family Achatinellidae and the endemic Hawaiian subfamily Achatinellinae. The genus is endemic to the islands of

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and

Molokai Molokai or Molokai ( or ; Molokaʻi dialect: Morotaʻi ) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its g ...

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. Six of the known species were endemic to Molokai (''Newcombia canaliculata'', ''Newcombia lirata'', ''Newcombia perkinsi'', ''Newcombia pfeifferi'', ''Newcombia philippiana'', and ''Newcombia sulcata''), and only one species, ''Newcombia cumingi'', is known from the island of Maui.

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and Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. (1912-1914)Pilsbry H. A. & Cooke C. M. Jr. (1912-1914).
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'' (2)21. is the most recent and accepted taxonomy for this genus.

Species

Species within the genus ''Newcombia'' include: * '' Newcombia canaliculata'' Baldwin, 1905 * '' Newcombia cumingi'' Sykes, 1896 * '' Newcombia lirata'' Mighels, 1912 * '' Newcombia perkinsi'' Sykes, 1896 * '' Newcombia pfeifferi'' Newcomb, 1853 *† '' Newcombia philippiana'' Pfeiffer, 1850 * '' Newcombia sulcata'' Pfeiffer, 1857 †=extinct

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the referenceWada L. (2008). "U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE SPECIES ASSESSMENT AND LISTING PRIORITY ASSIGNMENT FORM. SCIENTIFIC NAME: ''Newcombia cumingi''". Pacific Islands Fish & Wildlife Office. 13 pp
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