Auriculella tenella is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc.

[3] Auriculella tenella can be located on Waianae mountains on the Hawaiian island, Oahu.

[4] They primarily reside in several trees, making them arboreal, and other plant life such as small plants (Brossaisia, Cordyline, Freycinetia aborea, Lantana, Pelea, Sadleria cyatheoides, Bidens, Coprosma, Euphorbia, Psychotria, Ilex, Philodendron), ferns, tree trunks (Metrosideros) near or on stream banks.

[3] They last were found on the Mount Kaala Area Reserve in 1987[5] Their habitat is safeguarded and prioritized by the military and state in order to preserve the population of the species and other endemic animals of Hawai’i.

[6] Auriculella tenella is currently considered a rare species according to Hawaiian malacologists and gathered heritage data.