Amastra flavescens
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| Shell of Amastra flavescens (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra |
| Species: | A. flavescens
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| Amastra flavescens (Newcomb, 1854)
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Amastra flavescens is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Amastra flavescens emortua C. M. Cooke, 1917
- Amastra flavescens flavescens (Newcomb, 1854)
- Amastra flavescens henshawi Baldwin, 1903
- Amastra flavescs senaxicola Baldwin, 1903
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.8 mm.
(Original description) The shell is dextral and conical, composed of six slightly rounded whorls with a simple, well-impressed suture. The surface is adorned with numerous, well-developed longitudinal striations. The aperture is semi-ovate, with a simple lip, and the short columella features an oblique plaited tooth.
Externally, the shell displays a uniform light reddish-yellow coloration, while the interior is either white or pale rose.[2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Hawaii.
References
- ^ Amastra flavescens (Newcomb, 1854). 24 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Newcomb, W. (1854). "Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 134. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. 1–248.
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