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Amastra turritella
Shell of Amastra turritella (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species: A. turritella
Binomial name
Amastra turritella
(A. Férussac, 1821)
Location of Oʻahu
Synonyms
  • Achatina oahuensis Green, 1827 junior subjective synonym
  • Achatinella inornata Mighels, 1845 junior subjective synonym
  • Amastra (Paramastra) turritella (A. Férussac, 1821) alternative representation
  • Helix (Cochlogena) turritella A. Férussac, 1821 superseded combination
  • Helix turritella A. Férussac, 1821 superseded combination
  • Paramastra turritella (A. Férussac, 1821) superseded combination

Amastra turritella is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.

Subspecies
  • Amastra turritella aiea Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
  • Amastra turritella turritella (A. Férussac, 1821)
  • Amastra turritella waiawa Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911

Description

The length of the shell can reach 18 mm, its diameter 11 mm


Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawai, occurring on Oʻahu.

References

  1. Amastra turritella (A. Férussac, 1821). 29 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 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. 205. Retrieved 3 December 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 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. vi. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. pp. 1–248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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