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| Amastra luteola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra |
| Species: | A. luteola |
| Binomial name | |
| Amastra luteola (A. Férussac, 1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helix luteola A. Férussac, 1825 superseded combination | |
Amastra luteola is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 23.5 mm, its diameter 19 mm
The shell is dextral, elongate, and delicately striatulate. Its coloration is white, covered by a transient buff-colored epidermis. <It is composed of 5–6 whorls, the body whorl is only faintly carinate. The suture is simple and not duplicated.
The aperture is ovate-elongate, while the columella is white and gracefully arcuate. The umbilical crevice is indistinct.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Hawaii, occurring on Kohala (mountain).
References
- Amastra luteola (A. Férussac, 1825). 22 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. 322. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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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. p. 106.
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External links
- Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1825). Zoologie. In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820. p. 480.
- Cowie R.H., Héros V., Yeung N.W. & Hayes K.A. (2016). "Annotated catalogue of types of Hawaiian land and freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations. Addendum: lectotype designation for Lymnaea affinis Souleyet, 1852". Zoosystema. 38 (3): 257.
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