Amastra flavescens

Amastra flavescens
	Shell of Amastra flavescens (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amastridae
Genus:	Amastra
Species:	A. flavescens
Binomial name
	Amastra flavescens; (Newcomb, 1854)
Synonyms
	Achatinella flavescens Newcomb, 1854 superseded combination; Amastra (Amastrella) flavescens (Newcomb, 1854) alternative representation;

Amastra flavescens is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.^[1]

Subspecies

Amastra flavescens emortua C. M. Cooke, 1917
Amastra flavescens flavescens (Newcomb, 1854)
Amastra flavescens henshawi Baldwin, 1903
Amastra flavescs senaxicola Baldwin, 1903

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.8 mm.

(Original description) The shell is dextral and conical, composed of six slightly rounded whorls with a simple, well-impressed suture. The surface is adorned with numerous, well-developed longitudinal striations. The aperture is semi-ovate, with a simple lip, and the short columella features an oblique plaited tooth.

Externally, the shell displays a uniform light reddish-yellow coloration, while the interior is either white or pale rose.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Hawaii.

References

^ Amastra flavescens (Newcomb, 1854). 24 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: 134. Retrieved 19 November 2024. 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. pp. 1–248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[WoRMS-1] Amastra flavescens (Newcomb, 1854). 24 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: 134. Retrieved 19 November 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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