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Tiny awlsnail

Allopeas micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The tiny awlsnail (Allopeas micra) is a species in the family Achatinidae.

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Quick facts about the tiny awlsnail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tiny awlsnail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tiny awlsnail as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. French Polynesia
  3. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the tiny awlsnail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tiny awlsnail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyAchatinidae
  5. genusAllopeas
  6. SpeciesAllopeas micra (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Synonyms Achatina lucida, Bulimus contractus, Bulimus micra, Bulimus octonoides, Bulimus tryonianus, Helix micra, Lamellaxis micra, Lamellaxis micron, Lamellaxis micrus, Leptopeas micra, Opeas dresseli, Opeas lucida, Opeas micra, Opeas octonoides, Opeas tryonianum, Opeas tryonianum var. subovale, Stenogyra dresseli, Stenogyra octonoides

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Bulime micraFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiny awlsnail

Other species in the same genus Allopeas.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tiny awlsnail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tiny awlsnail as introduced in 3 countries: Ecuador, French Polynesia and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tiny awlsnail (Allopeas micra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-awlsnail

MLA

“Tiny awlsnail (Allopeas micra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-awlsnail.

BibTeX
@misc{tiny_awlsnail_2026,
  title = {Tiny awlsnail (Allopeas micra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-awlsnail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}