Amastra albolabris

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Amastra albolabris
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Syntype of Amastra albolabris
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species:
A. albolabris
Binomial name
Amastra albolabris
(Newcomb, 1854)
Hawaii Islands - Oahu.PNG
Location of Oʻahu
Synonyms
  • Achatinella albolabrisNewcomb, 1854 superseded combination
  • Amastra (Metamastra) albolabris(Newcomb, 1854) alternative representation

Amastra albolabris was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [2]

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Description

(Original description) The shell is conically ovate with an acute apex and six rounded, non-margined whorls. The aperture is ovate, and the columella is short with plicate teeth. The semilunar lip is thickened and white.

The shell is dark umber in color, highlighted by a yellow sutural line, with the interior a striking bluish-white [3]

Distribution

This species was[ when? ] endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from the Waiʻanae Range.

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra albolabris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T989A13100821. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T989A13100821.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Amastra albolabris (Newcomb, 1854) . 21 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  3. Newcomb, W. (1854). "Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 142. Retrieved 19 November 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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