HONOLULU (AP) — Thirty-five plants and three snails found on Molokai, Lanai, Maui and Kahoolawe are getting endangered species status, an environmental group announced Friday.

The Center for Biological Diversity said the protections are the result of a 2011 settlement it reached with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The settlement expedites protection decisions for hundreds of the most threatened species around the country.