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The shell is acutely ovate and dextral, delicately striated with growth lines and attractively malleated. Its surface is a dirty whitish hue, adorned with a variable brownish-olivaceous epidermis. There are six slightly convex ]s, with the first three prominently marked by strong radial sulcations. The suture is simple and well-defined. | The shell is acutely ovate and dextral, delicately striated with growth lines and attractively malleated. Its surface is a dirty whitish hue, adorned with a variable brownish-olivaceous epidermis. There are six slightly convex ]s, with the first three prominently marked by strong radial sulcations. The suture is simple and well-defined. | ||
The ] is white, with a thin peristome that is subtly thickened on the interior. The columellar fold is slender and understated. |
The ] is white, with a thin peristome that is subtly thickened on the interior. The columellar fold is slender and understated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. |title=Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). |date=1910–1911 |publisher=Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences |location=Philadelphia |page=240|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23701752 |access-date=3 December 2024}} {{source-attribution}}</ref> | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== |
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Species of mollusc
Amastra malleata | |
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Shell of Amastra malleata (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Amastridae |
Genus: | Amastra |
Species: | A. malleata |
Binomial name | |
Amastra malleata E. A. Smith, 1873 | |
Synonyms | |
Amastra (Amastra) malleata E. A. Smith, 1873 alternative representation |
Amastra malleata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 8 mm
The shell is acutely ovate and dextral, delicately striated with growth lines and attractively malleated. Its surface is a dirty whitish hue, adorned with a variable brownish-olivaceous epidermis. There are six slightly convex whorls, with the first three prominently marked by strong radial sulcations. The suture is simple and well-defined.
The aperture is white, with a thin peristome that is subtly thickened on the interior. The columellar fold is slender and understated.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Hawaii, occurring on Maui island.
References
- Amastra malleata E. A. Smith, 1873. 11 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Hyatt, A. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1910–1911). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 21: Achatinellidae (Amastrinae). Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 240. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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- Gulick, J. T. & Smith, E. A (1873). "Descriptions of new species of Achatinellinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 85. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. p. 107.
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