Amastra

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Amastra
Amastra elongata shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Amastridae
Subfamily: Amastrinae
Genus: Amastra
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms
  • Amastra (Amastra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Amastrella) Sykes, 1900· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Armiella) Hyatt, 1911· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Cyclamastra) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Heteramastra) Pilsbry, 1911· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Metamastra) Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amastra (Paramastra) Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911· accepted, alternate representation
  • Carinella L. Pfeiffer, 1875

Amastra is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.[1]

This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Many of the species in this genus have become extinct in recent times.

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Amastra include:

Taxa inquirenda
  • Amastra amboinensis E. A. Smith, 1873
  • Amastra citrea Sykes, 1896
  • Amastra fraterna Sykes, 1896
  • Amastra longa Sykes, 1896
  • Amastra villosa Sykes, 1896

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995681 on 2021-02-21
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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