| Amastra crassilabrum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Extinct (IUCN 2.3) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra |
| Species: | †A. crassilabrum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amastra crassilabrum Newcomb, 1854 | |
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Amastra crassilabrum is an extict species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.
Description
(Original description) The shell is conically ovate, pointed at the apex, and ventricose toward the base, with a rather solid structure. It consists of six rounded whorls and features an ovate aperture. The outer lip is significantly thickened internally, while the short columella terminates in a prominent oblique plait. The surface is marked by strong longitudinal striations, with the body whorl often bearing cicatrices.
The body whorl is yellowish-white, contrasting with the dark brown or black coloration of the upper whorls.
Distribution
This species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from the Waiʻanae Range.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra crassilabrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T991A13100921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T991A13100921.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amastra crassilabrum (Newcomb, 1854)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- Amastra crassilabrum (Newcomb, 1854). 23 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: 142. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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| Amastra crassilabrum | |