User:Pruselle/Amastra micans

Comments by A. Faucci (Apr 3, 2024):

Nice work on finding lots of great information. To polish your draft before copying it over to the main article please work on the following:


 * Make sure your sentences are all in perfect English and grammar and are easily understandable for a worldwide audience.
 * if you use Hawaiian diacriticals make sure you always use them.
 * Make sure all your scientific species names are in italics, the genus is written out at the beginning of a sentence. Also, leave out the article before the species name, think of it more like the name of a person.
 * Also, they evolved having low reproduction and dispersal, which yes, makes them more vulnerable, but it is not what is threatening them, so not sure I would put that in the lead? Maybe move that sentence to your conservation section.
 * I would rephrase your last sentence in description to make it more specific. maybe just discuss what they feed on. Right now it could be interpreted that they do what any land snail does, which is not true.
 * Your last sentence is a little misleading. Your source is the Hawaii State Division of Forestry and Wildlife, who did the relocation in collaboration with bishop Museum.

Lead
Amastra micans, commonly known as the Amastrid land snail, is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae. It is a critically endangered species and endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, mainly found in the Waianae Mountains of Oahu.

Description
Amastra micans is tiny to medium-sized, with their shell measuring an average of 15mm in height and 9mm in width. The shell is elongated and conical in shape, coiled in a dextral (right-handed) spiral with a pointed apex. Their shell's surface is smooth and polished, with a wide range of colors and patterns, typically light brown to dark brown, with a white or cream-colored apex.

Amastra micans feed on waste.

Distribution & Habitat
This species is endemic to the Hawaiian islands, being only found on the island of Oahu. They are particularly located in the Waianae Mountains.

Amastra micans inhabit leaves and trees, notably the leaf litter of the native tree Pipturus albidus.

Conservation Status
Amastra micans is classified as critically imperiled and faces various threats to its survival, including habitat loss and predation. However, they have been relocated to a protected habitat and now only live in the central Waianae range, following extensive efforts with the Hawaii State Division of Forestry and Wildlife and Bishop Museum.