Emerald green snail
| Emerald green snail | |
|---|---|
| Apertural view of a shell of Papustyla pulcherrima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Papustyla |
| Species: | P. pulcherrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Papustyla pulcherrima Rensch, 1931 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Papuina pulcherrima | |
The emerald green snail, green tree snail, or Manus green tree snail, scientific name Papustyla pulcherrima, sometimes listed as Papuina pulcherrima, is a species of large, air-breathing tree snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
The shells of this species were in demand for making jewelry, and were popular with shell collectors and, partly as a result of this, the species is now near being threatened.