Achatinella sowerbyana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Achatinellidae |
Genus: | Achatinella |
Subgenus: | Bulimella |
Species: | A. sowerbyana |
Binomial name | |
Achatinella sowerbyana Pfeiffer, 1855 | |
Synonyms | |
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Achatinella sowerbyana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.
The sinistral or dextral shell is imperforate, conic-oblong and solid. The shell has 6 whorls. The spire is slightly convexly-conic and the apex subacute. The suture is margined and the whorls are slightly convex. The glossy color is tawny buff and slightly streaked with a deeper shade. The aperture is oblique and white within. The strong columellar fold is superior, twisted, and roseate. The peristome is rose-lipped with the outer margin shortly expanded and columellar margin dilated and adnate. [2]
The height of the shell is 18.0 mm. The width of the shell is 9.0 mm. [2]
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