Amastra cornea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Amastridae |
Genus: | Amastra |
Species: | †A. cornea |
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†Amastra cornea (Newcomb, 1854) | |
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Location of Oʻahu | |
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Amastra cornea was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [2]
(Original description) The shell is irregularly acutely conical with a pointed apex and an inflated body whorl. It is thin and corneous, adorned with minute longitudinal striations. Comprising seven rounded whorls, the shell features a subovate aperture with a thin, translucent lip. The columella is straight, white, and equipped with a transverse, plaited tooth.
The shell's coloration is a uniform dark horn, contrasting with the white columella and tooth. [3]
This extinct species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from around Waialua.