Ampelita subsepulcralis

Ampelita subsepulcralis
Shell of Ampelita subsepulcralis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Acavidae
Genus:	Ampelita
Species:	A. subsepulcralis
Binomial name
Ampelita subsepulcralis (Crosse, 1868)
Synonyms
Ampelita subsepulcralis var. minor(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1890) Helix subsepulcralisCrosse, 1868 (original combination) Helix subsepulcralis var. minorCrosse & P. Fischer, 1890 (original combination)

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

Varieties

• Ampelita subsepulcralis var. nigropurpurea(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1890)
• Ampelita subsepulcralis var. obscura(Crosse, 1868)

Description

The height of the shell attains 23 mm, its diameter 40.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is characterized by its wide umbilicus and its subdepressed-turbinate form. The shell is solid and exhibits a somewhat smooth surface with very faint, suboblique, unequal striae. Under a very thin, highly deciduous, tawny epidermis, the shell reveals a white base, spirally zoned with blackish-chestnut. The spire is short, and the suture is impressed. The shell comprises five rather rapidly increasing, somewhat convex whorls. The body whorl descends and is deflected anteriorly. It is somewhat rounded, featuring a more flattened, slightly compressed base. It is encircled spirally by three blackish-chestnut zones: a smaller one located above, a wider one positioned slightly below the peripheral line, and a third that completely occupies the large, spiral umbilicus. The aperture is markedly oblique, elliptical-oval, and whitish internally. The peristome is widely reflexed, with its margins joined by a rather thick callus, chestnut-bordered at the termination points of the body whorl's zones, and its outer lip is dilated. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

References

1. Ampelita subsepulcralis (Crosse, 1868) . 12 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Crosse, H. (1868). "Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum". Journal de Conchyliologie. 16 (2): 174. Retrieved 12 March 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Fischer-Piette, E. Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Additions aux mollusques terrestres de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie, 146: 467–524.
• Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). "Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés". Faune de Madagascar. 83: 109.

External links

• Fischer-Piette, E., Blanc, F. & Salvat, F. (1975). "Complément aux mollusques pulmonés de Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Série 3, No 288. 198: 256.