Amastra luteola

Amastra luteola
	Shell of Amastra luteola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amastridae
Genus:	Amastra
Species:	A. luteola
Binomial name
	Amastra luteola; (A. Férussac, 1825)
Synonyms
	Helix luteola A. Férussac, 1825 superseded combination

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

Description

The shell is dextral, elongate, and delicately striatulate. Its coloration is white, covered by a transient buff-colored epidermis. <It is composed of 5–6 whorls, the body whorl is only faintly carinate. The suture is simple and not duplicated.

The aperture is ovate-elongate, while the columella is white and gracefully arcuate. The umbilical crevice is indistinct. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawaii, occurring on Kohala (mountain).

References

^ Amastra luteola (A. Férussac, 1825). 22 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. 322. Retrieved 3 December 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 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. p. 106.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1825). Zoologie. In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820. p. 480.
Cowie R.H., Héros V., Yeung N.W. & Hayes K.A. (2016). "Annotated catalogue of types of Hawaiian land and freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations. Addendum: lectotype designation for Lymnaea affinis Souleyet, 1852". Zoosystema. 38 (3): 257.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[WoRMS-1] Amastra luteola (A. Férussac, 1825). 22 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[Hyatt-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. 322. Retrieved 3 December 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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