Chilonopsis nonpareil

Chilonopsis nonpareil is an extinct species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[2] This species was endemic to Saint Helena. It is now extinct and was last seen in 1870.[2][1]

Chilonopsis nonpareil
The specimen in Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Extinct  (1870)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Chilonopsis
Species:
C. nonpareil
Binomial name
Chilonopsis nonpareil
Perry, 1811

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