''Tornatellides'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of minute, air-breathing land snails,

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s, or

micromollusc A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...

s in the

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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 taxon ...

Distribution

This genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found els ...

to the islands of the

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Predators

Individuals of the Hawaiian species are preyed upon by caterpillars of the moth ''

Hyposmocoma molluscivora ''Hyposmocoma molluscivora'' is a Hawaiian moth whose larvae are predators, capturing snails in their silk, much like a hunting spider's web, and then crawling inside the snail's shell to eat it alive. It has been called the snail-eating ca ...

''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Tornatellides'' include: * '' Tornatellides attenuatus'' * '' Tornatellides bellus'' * '' Tornatellides boeningi'' (Schmacker and Boettger, 1891) * '' Tornatellides brunneus'' * ''

Tornatellides bryani ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individuals of ...

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Tornatellides comes ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individuals of ...

Tornatellides leptospira ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

'' * '' Tornatellides lordhowensis'' * ''

Tornatellides macromphala ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

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Tornatellides macroptychia ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family (biology), family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemism, endemic to the islands o ...

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Tornatellides moomomiensis ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

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Tornatellides neckeri ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

'' * '' Tornatellides oahuensis'' * '' Tornatellides oncospira'' * '' Tornatellides oswaldi'' * '' Tornatellides perkinsi'' * '' Tornatellides pilsbryi'' * '' Tornatellides plagioptyx'' * ''

Tornatellides popouelensis ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

'' * '' Tornatellides prionoptychia'' * '' Tornatellides procerulus'' * ''

Tornatellides productus ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

'' * '' Tornatellides pyramidatus'' * '' Tornatellides ronaldi'' * ''

Tornatellides rudicostatus ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

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Tornatellides serrarius ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromollusc A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not excl ...

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Tornatellides spaldingi ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

'' * '' Tornatellides stokesi'' * '' Tornatellides subangulatus'' * '' Tornatellides subperforata'' * '' Tornatellides terebra'' * '' Tornatellides tryoni'' * '' Tornatellides virgula'' * '' Tornatellides vitreus'' * ''

Tornatellides waianaensis ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemic to the islands of the South Pacific. Predators Individual ...

References

* Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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