Achatinella apexfulva
| Yellow-tipped Oahu tree snail | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Achatinella |
| Subgenus: | Achatinella |
| Species: | †A. apexfulva
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| Binomial name | |
| †Achatinella apexfulva (Dixon, 1789)
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Achatinella apexfulva is an extinct species of colorful, tropical, arboreal pulmonate land snail in the family Achatinellidae, once present on Oahu, Hawaii. A. apexfulva is the type species of the genus Achatinella. The specific name, apexfulva, meaning "yellow-tipped", refers to the yellow tip of the snail's shell. Inspired from the taxon, the species has been given common names such as yellow-tipped O'ahu tree snail or Hawaiian yellow-tipped tree snail. It is officially listed as 'critically endangered' by the IUCN, however the status has not been updated in 29 years.