Amastra flavescens

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Amastra flavescens
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Shell of Amastra flavescens (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species:
A. flavescens
Binomial name
Amastra flavescens
(Newcomb, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Achatinella flavescensNewcomb, 1854 superseded combination
  • Amastra (Amastrella) flavescens(Newcomb, 1854) alternative representation

Amastra flavescens is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.8 mm.

(Original description) The shell is dextral and conical, composed of six slightly rounded whorls with a simple, well-impressed suture. The surface is adorned with numerous, well-developed longitudinal striations. The aperture is semi-ovate, with a simple lip, and the short columella features an oblique plaited tooth.

Externally, the shell displays a uniform light reddish-yellow coloration, while the interior is either white or pale rose. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Hawaii.

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References

  1. ↑ Amastra flavescens (Newcomb, 1854) . 24 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. ↑ 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: 134. Retrieved 19 November 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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