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==Description== ==Description==
The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm.

(Original description) The shell is sinistral and conically turreted, comprising seven rounded ]s with a deeply impressed suture. The ] is small and subovate, with a simple outer ]. The ] is very short, ending in a twisted plicate tooth. (Original description) The shell is sinistral and conically turreted, comprising seven rounded ]s with a deeply impressed suture. The ] is small and subovate, with a simple outer ]. The ] is very short, ending in a twisted plicate tooth.


The thin epidermis is dark corneous on the upper portion and light corneous below. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Newcomb |first1=W. |title=Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |date=1854 |volume=21 |page=148 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747263 |access-date=19 November 2024}} {{source-attribution}}</ref> The thin epidermis is dark corneous on the upper portion and light corneous below.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Newcomb |first1=W. |title=Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.), a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |date=1854 |volume=21 |page=148 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747263 |access-date=19 November 2024}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>


==Distribution== ==Distribution==
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* {{cite book |last1=Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. |title=Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi |date=1995 |publisher=Backhuys Publishers |location=Leiden |page=107}} * {{cite book |last1=Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. |title=Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi |date=1995 |publisher=Backhuys Publishers |location=Leiden |page=107}}


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Species of mollusc

Amastra soror
Shell of Amastra soror (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species: A. soror
Binomial name
Amastra soror
(Newcomb, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Achatinella soror Newcomb, 1854 superseded combination
  • Amastra (Heteramastra) soror (Newcomb, 1854) · alternative representation

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

Subspecies
  • Amastra soror interjecta Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
  • Amastra soror laticeps Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
  • Amastra soror soror (Newcomb, 1854)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.6 mm.

(Original description) The shell is sinistral and conically turreted, comprising seven rounded whorls with a deeply impressed suture. The aperture is small and subovate, with a simple outer lip. The columella is very short, ending in a twisted plicate tooth.

The thin epidermis is dark corneous on the upper portion and light corneous below.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawaii and occurs on Maui Island.

References

  1. Amastra soror (Newcomb, 1854). 27 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 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: 148. Retrieved 19 November 2024. 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. p. 107.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Taxon identifiers
Amastra soror
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