Amastra laeva

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Amastra laeva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species:
A. laeva
Binomial name
Amastra laeva
Baldwin, 1906
Synonyms
  • Amastra (Heteramastra) laevaBaldwin, 1896 alternative representation
  • Amastra (Laminella) laevaBaldwin, 1906 original combination

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

The shell is sinistral, imperforate, and relatively thin, with a conically turreted shape and an acute apex. The surface is finely striated with incremental growth lines, while the whorls of the protoconch display delicate radiating sulcations. The coloration is brown, adorned with irregular patches of a dark, fugacious epidermis. There are six somewhat convex whorls, with the suture distinctly impressed.

The aperture is oblique and oval, with a livid-white interior. The peristome is simple and thin, and the columella concludes in a slender lamellar plait. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawaii, occurring on Maui Island.

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References

  1. Amastra laevaBaldwin, 1906 . 7 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Baldwin, D.D. (1906). "Description of new species of Achatinellidae from the Hawaiian Islands". The Nautilus. 19 (12): 137–138. Retrieved 7 December 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .