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Amastra albolabris

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Species of gastropod

Amastra albolabris
Syntype of Amastra albolabris
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species: †A. albolabris
Binomial name
†Amastra albolabris
(Newcomb, 1854)
Location of Oʻahu
Synonyms
  • Achatinella albolabris Newcomb, 1854 superseded combination
  • Amastra (Metamastra) albolabris (Newcomb, 1854) alternative representation

Amastra albolabris was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.

Description

(Original description) The shell is conically ovate with an acute apex and six rounded, non-margined whorls. The aperture is ovate, and the columella is short with plicate teeth. The semilunar lip is thickened and white.

The shell is dark umber in color, highlighted by a yellow sutural line, with the interior a striking bluish-white

Distribution

This species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from the Waiʻanae Range.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra albolabris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T989A13100821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T989A13100821.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Amastra albolabris (Newcomb, 1854). 21 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. 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: 142. Retrieved 19 November 2024. Public Domain 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.


Taxon identifiers
Amastra albolabris

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