Amastra elongata is an extinct species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [3]
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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. elongata
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| †Amastra elongata | |
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Description
editThe shell is sinistral and sharply turreted, adorned with numerous well-defined longitudinal striae and covered by a brown epidermis. It consists of seven rounded whorls, with a deep and simple suture.
The aperture is ovate, and the columella bears a distinct plication. The outer lip is simple and unadorned. .[4]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T992A13100971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T992A13100971.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amastra elongata (Newcomb, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ Amastra elongata (Newcomb, 1853). 25 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. 230. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
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- 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: 16.
- 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.
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External links
edit- Newcomb, W. (1853). "Descriptions of new species of Achatinella from Sandwich Islands". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 26.
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