Allopeas prestoni

Allopeas prestoni
Shell of Allopeas prestoni (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Genus: Allopeas
Species:
A. prestoni
Binomial name
Allopeas prestoni
(Sykes, 1898)
Synonyms

Opeas prestoni Sykes, 1898 (original combination)

Allopeas prestoni is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]

Variety
  • Allopeas prestoni var. hawaiiense (Sykes, 1904): synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The slightly perforate and elongate-cylindrical shell is translucent, thin, and exhibits a horny or waxy-horny coloration. The protoconch is somewhat blunt. The shell comprises 8.5 flatly convex whorls, delicately striated with growth lines. The body whorl accounts for 9/20 of the total shell length. The suture is distinctly impressed. The aperture is elongate-ovate in shape. The peristome is simple and sharp, with the columellar margin slightly reflexed at the base, nearly covering the perforation. [2]

Distribution

The distribution of Allopeas prestoni includes:

References

  1. ^ Allopeas prestoni(Sykes, 1898). 29 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Sykes, E.R. (1898). "List of the species of Cataulus found in Ceylon, with descriptions of some new land-shells from that island". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 73. Retrieved 29 August 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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