Ampelita stilpna

Ampelita stilpna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Acavidae
Genus:	Ampelita
Species:	A. stilpna
Binomial name
Ampelita stilpna (Mabille, 1884)
Synonyms
Helix stilpnaMabille, 1884 (original combination)

Ampelita stilpna is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. ^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 39 mm.

(Original description in French) This subglobular-depressed shell is umbilicate, solid, and rather thick, featuring coarse ribbed-striations and three reddish-brown bands. Two bands are on the upper surface, while the third encircles the umbilical region. The spire is very obtuse, mammillated, and only slightly raised, with a large apex. The whorls are convex, rapidly growing, and the body whorl is large and well-rounded at the periphery, lacking any angularity. The umbilicus is moderately sized, slightly flared, revealing the spiral coiling, and is weakly indented by the reflected columellar edge. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

References

1. Ampelita stilpna (Mabille, 1884) . 27 February 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Mabille, J. (1884). "Description de quelques nouvelles espèces d'Hélices de l'île de Madagascar". Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France. 1 (1–2): 152. Retrieved 27 February 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Blanc, Charles P. (Charles Pierre), - Fischer-Piette, Édouard (1994). Faune de Madagascar. 83, Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés (excl. Veronicellidae et g. Elisolimax) (83 ed.). Faune de Madagascar. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

• Boettger, O. (1889). "). Zur Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken von Nossi-Bé I." Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 21 (3–4): 47.

External links

• Florida Museum of Natural History: image