Amastra assimilis

Amastra assimilis
	Shell of Amastra assimilis (specimen at the Paleontological Research Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amastridae
Genus:	Amastra
Species:	A. affinis
Binomial name
	Amastra affinis; (Newcomb, 1854)
Synonyms
	Achatinella assimilis Newcomb, 1854 superseded combination; Achatinella deshaysii Morelet, 1857 junior subjective synonym; Amastra (Amastra) assimilis (Newcomb, 1854) alternative representation; Amastra affinis var. cinderella Hyatt, 1911 junior subjective synonym; Amastra deshaysii (Morelet, 1857) junior subjective synonym;

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is conically elongate and sharply acute at the apex, consisting of seven rounded whorls with a well-defined, impressed suture. The aperture is small and ovate, while the columella is very short, plicate, and twisted. The outer lip is acute and slightly thickened internally.

The shell's color varies from white to salmon, with some specimens displaying a white lower half on the body whorl and a salmon upper half. The interior is pure white.^[2]

Distribution

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

References

^ Amastra assimilis(Newcomb, 1854). 20 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: 148. 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)

External links

Morelet, A. (1857). "Testacea nova Australiae". Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle du Département de la Moselle. 8: 27.

[WoRMS-1] Amastra assimilis(Newcomb, 1854). 20 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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