Newcomb's snail

Newcomb's snail
Drawing of Erinna newcombi.
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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. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Erinna newcombi is the type species of the genus Erinna.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, R. (data provider).; Seddon, M.B.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2003). "Erinna newcombi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T42392A10690568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T42392A10690568.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Adams A. (1855). "Descriptions of Two New Genera and several New Species of Mollusca, from the Collection of Hugh Cumming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part XXIII. 119-124.