Laminella sanguinea is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. This species is ground-dwelling and often has debris on its shell to camouflage itself.^[2][3]

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Laminella sanguinea
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amastridae
Genus:	Laminella
Species:	L. sanguinea
Binomial name
Laminella sanguinea (Newcomb, 1853)

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Laminella sanguinea, possesses a solid, thin calcareous shell which measures about 2 centimeters in length.^[4] The cone-shaped shell has a distinctive zigzag pattern that resembles the Kike'eke'e kapa pattern and is commonly found covered in feces, which is said too help them camouflage.^[2][3] The base of the shell starts off a brownish-red tint and slowly transitions into a tan color at the tip.^[5] It's slimy and squishy body is a translucent grey and has the ability to retract into it's shell.^[5]

This species is endemic to mesic forests in the Wai‘anae Mountains of O‘ahu.^[5][3]

Laminella sanguinea, currently resides in a habitat dominated by Freycinetia arborea (i`e i`e) along rocky and craggy areas in several locations in the Wai`anae  Mountains.^[5][3] This species is extremely rare and can be usually found in the trees and on the ground where it nourishes on dead and decaying leaf material.^[5][3] They are threatened by invasive predators (Euglandina, rats, Oxychilus), habitat destruction, and over collecting.^[5][3]