Ampelita unicolor

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Ampelita unicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Ampelita
Species:
A. unicolor
Binomial name
Ampelita unicolor
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Synonyms

Helix unicolorL. Pfeiffer, 1845 (original combination)

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Ampelita unicolor 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 16 mm, its diameter 32 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is umbilicated and depressed. It is characterized by a sharp keel and a thin, brown structure. Its upper surface is finely striated, while the lower surface features several raised spiral lines. The spire is depressed-conoidal. The shell comprises five rather flat whorls, which gradually increase in size. The body whorl does not descend anteriorly, and the base is convex, exhibiting an abrupt angle at the narrow umbilicus. The aperture is rhomboidal. The peristome is dark brown, with its margins connected by a very thin callus. The upper margin is dilated and expanded, the basal margin is ascending and straight, and the columellar margin is short, dilated, partially concealing the umbilicus, and forms an angular junction with the basal margin. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

References

  1. Ampelita unicolor (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) . 12 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Pfeiffer, L. (1845). "Description of twenty-two new species of land-shells, belonging to the collection of Mr. H. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13 (147): 64. Retrieved 12 March 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .