Amastra subsoror was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae. It was endemic to Maui, Hawaii. It was described by George W. Tryon and Henry A. Pilsbry in their 1911 Manual of Conchology, and was last observed in 1946.[2] It is thought to have gone extinct due to the introduction of predators to its habitat, the destruction of its habitat, and overcollecting.[3]

Amastra subsoror
Amastra subsoror drawing, depicting a brown snail shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Amastra
Species:
A. subsoror
Binomial name
Amastra subsoror
Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
Map highlighting Maui, one of the Hawaiian islands
Location of Maui

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Amastra subsoror". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T998A13101271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T998A13101271.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ WÖLFCHEN. "Amastra subsoror Hyatt & Pilsbry". Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Amastra subsoror". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 30 July 2019.