Amastra moesta is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the Amastridae family.[1]
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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. moesta
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| Amastra moesta (Newcomb, 1854)
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Description
edit(Original description) The shell is dextrorsal and turrito-conical, consisting of seven convex whorls adorned with fine longitudinal striations. The aperture is small, ovate, and slightly contracted. The columella is straight and marked by a prominent white spiral callus at its midpoint.
The shell's coloration is reddish-brown, with the upper whorls appearing black. The middle whorls feature black zigzag lines, while the body whorl is covered by a dark brown epidermis.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Hawaii and occurs on Lanai.
References
edit- ^ Amastra moesta (Newcomb, 1854). 24 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: 144. 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.
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