| Amastra subrostrata | |
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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. subrostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amastra subrostrata Pfeiffer, 1859 | |
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Amastra subrostrata was an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
- Subspecies
- Amastra subrostrata acuminata C. M. Cooke, 1933
- Amastra subrostrata subrostrata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
Description
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 8 mm
The shell is imperforate, dextral, ovate-conic, and solid, with an irregularly striate surface that is slightly glossy. Its coloration is brown, irregularly clouded with tawny hues.
The spire is swollen-conic with a rather acute apex and consists of six whorls. The first four whorls are barely convex, while the body whorl is rounded and accounts for about two-fifths of the total length. A nearly basal, acute, and oblique columellar lamella is present.
The aperture is slightly oblique and irregularly semi-elliptical, angular at the columella, giving it a beak-like extension. The peristome is unexpanded and white-lipped within, with the right margin slightly spreading and the columellar margin only slightly dilated and adnate.
Distribution
This species was endemic to Hawai, occurring on Oʻahu.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra subrostrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T997A13101221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T997A13101221.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amastra subrostrata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- Amastra subrostrata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859). 28 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. 174. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Cooke, C.M. Jr. (1933). "New species of Amastridae". Bernice P. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 10a6: 1–29.
- 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.
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External links
- Pfeiffer, L. (1859). "Descriptions of eight new species of Achatinella, from Mr. Cuming's collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27 (385): 31. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amastra subrostrata | |