Amastra cornea
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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. cornea
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| †Amastra cornea (Newcomb, 1854)
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Amastra cornea was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [2]
Description
[edit](Original description) The shell is irregularly acutely conical with a pointed apex and an inflated body whorl. It is thin and corneous, adorned with minute longitudinal striations. Comprising seven rounded whorls, the shell features a subovate aperture with a thin, translucent lip. The columella is straight, white, and equipped with a transverse, plaited tooth.
The shell's coloration is a uniform dark horn, contrasting with the white columella and tooth. [3]
Distribution
[edit]This extinct species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from around Waialua.
References
[edit]- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra cornea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T990A13100871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T990A13100871.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Amastra cornea (Newcomb, 1854). 21 November 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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: 142. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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