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Tornatellides

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Tornatellides is a genus of very small, air-breathing land snails. They are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. The genus is native to and found only on the islands of the South Pacific. They are micromollusks, meaning they are tiny.

Taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Order: Stylommatophora
- Family: Achatinellidae
- Genus: Tornatellides

Hawaiian species of Tornatellides are preyed upon by the caterpillars of the moth Hyposmocoma molluscivora.

There are several species in the genus.


This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 15:44 (CET).