Newcomb's snail

Not to be confused with Newcombia, an endemic Hawaiian snail genus in the family Achatinellidae.

Newcomb's snail
Drawing of Erinna newcombi.

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Erinna
Species:
E. newcombi
Binomial name
Erinna newcombi

Newcomb's snail (Erinna newcombi) is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States, and its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Erinna newcombi is the type species of the genus Erinna.

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