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

Amastra agglutinans
Shell of Amastra agglutinans (specimen at the Paleontological Research Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species:
A. agglutinans
Binomial name
Amastra agglutinans
(Newcomb, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Achatinella obesa agglutinans Newcomb, 1854 superseded rank
  • Achatinella obesa var. agglutinans Newcomb, 1854 superseded combination
  • Amastra (Cyclamastra) agglutinans (Newcomb, 1854) alternative representation
  • Amastra carinata Gulick, 1873 junior subjective synonym

Description

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(Original description) This shell looks much like Amastra obesa. The shell is slightly carinated on the last two whorls, with the keel accentuated by agglutinations, creating a distinctive pagoda-like appearance.[2]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Hawaii and occurs on Haleakalā.

References

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  1. ^ Amastra agglutinans (Newcomb, 1854). 22 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: 142. 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)
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