Auriculella armata

Auriculella armata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Auriculella
Species:	A. armata
Binomial name
Auriculella armata (Mighels, 1845)
Synonyms
Auriculella westerlundianaAncey, 1889 junior subjective synonym Bulimus armatus Mighels, 1845 superseded combination

Auriculella armata is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Achatinellidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is typically sinistral, though it is rarely found to be dextral. It possesses a conical shape and is colored brown or yellowish, occasionally featuring a light, revolving band just below the suture. The structure is distinctly perforate.

There are five whorls, which are convex in profile. The aperture is oblong-ovate and is equipped with a thin, flexuous, lamellated tooth situated on the transverse (parietal) lip. Additionally, there is a small tooth or fold located on the columellar lip. Finally, the outer lip is thin and slightly reflected. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs on Hawaii.

References

1. Auriculella armata(Mighels, 1845) . 13 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Mighels, J.W. (1845). "Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 19. Retrieved 13 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

External links

• Ancey, C.F. (1889). "Étude sur la faune malacologique des îles Sandwich". Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France. 6: 218. Retrieved 13 January 2026.