Amastra | |
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Amastra elongata shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
Family: | Amastridae |
Subfamily: | Amastrinae |
Genus: | Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 |
Synonyms | |
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Amastra is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [1]
This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Many of the species in this genus have become extinct in recent times.
Species within the genus Amastra include:
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