| Allopeas brevispira | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Allopeas |
| Species: | A. brevispira |
| Binomial name | |
| Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Opeas brevispira Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904 (original combination) | |
Allopeas brevispira is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The shell is openly perforate and oblong, notably short for the genus. It has a corneous, translucent, and glossy surface, finely striated with wrinkles. The spire is short and tapers smoothly to a blunt apex. It has 5½ moderately convex whorls. The aperture is elongated and rhombic-convex, with the outer lip arched forward in the middle. The columellar lip is reflexed, only adhering at the point of insertion, while the columella remains straight.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan.
References
- Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904). 27 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1904). "Descriptions of new land shells of the Japanese Empire". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 56: 637. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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- Gbif.org: Opeas brevispira
- Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. Shirahama: H. Minato. pp. 1–294.
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| Allopeas brevispira | |