''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

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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

South Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

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 ...

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Species

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Tornatellides attenuatus ''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 bellus ''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 boeningi ''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 brunneus ''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 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 ...

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Tornatellides compactus ''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 confusus ''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 cyphostyla ''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 diptyx ''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 drepanophorus ''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 euryomphala ''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 forbesi ''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 frit ''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 idae ''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 inornatus ''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 insignis ''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 irregularis ''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 kahoolavensis ''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 kahukuensis ''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 kamaloensis ''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 kilauea ''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 konaensis ''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 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 ...

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Tornatellides lordhowensis ''Tornatellides lordhowensis'', also known as the Lord Howe miniature treesnail, is a species of tree snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Description The globose, ovately conical shell of adult snails is ...

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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 ...

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Tornatellides oahuensis ''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromolluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or af ...

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Tornatellides oncospira ''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 oswaldi ''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 perkinsi ''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 pilsbryi ''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 plagioptyx ''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 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 ...

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Tornatellides prionoptychia ''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 procerulus ''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 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 ...

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Tornatellides pyramidatus ''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 ronaldi ''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 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 ...

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Tornatellides stokesi ''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 subangulatus ''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 subperforata ''Tornatellides subperforata'' is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk, in the family Achatinellidae. It is one of over 50 species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is ...

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Tornatellides terebra ''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 tryoni ''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 virgula ''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 vitreus ''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 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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