Amastra spirizona

Amastra spirizona is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the Amastridae family. [2]

Subspecies
  • Amastra spirizona chlorotica (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Amastra spirizona nigrolabris E.A. Smith, 1873
  • Amastra spirizona rudis L. Pfeiffer, 1855

Amastra spirizona
Shell of Amastra spirizona (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species:
A. spirizona
Binomial name
Amastra spirizona
Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Synonyms
  • Achatinella acuta W.J. Swainson
  • Helix spirizona Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawaii.[1]

References
  1. Cowie, R.H. (1996). "Amastra spirizona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T988A13100768. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T988A13100768.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Amastra spirozona


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