Auriculastra elongata
| Auriculastra elongata | |
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| Original picture of Auriculastra elongata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Auriculastra |
| Species: | A. elongata
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculastra elongata (Küster, 1845)
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Auriculastra elongata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.[1]
Description
(Original description in Latin and German) The shell slightly fissured and is spindle- to cylindrical-shaped It is somewhat finely striated, rather glossy and dark tawny in color. The spire is sharp and often truncated. The aperture is oblong and narrow; the peristome is slightly reflected and somewhat thickened at the lip, and the columella bears two folds.
The shell of this species is very elongated, almost cylindrical and spindle-shaped, solid, and finely striated; toward the lip it shows strong growth lines. It has a dull sheen and is deep reddish-brown in color. The spire is high and conical, composed of six to seven very low and flat whorls; the body whorl is fairly high and only slightly convex. Often the whorls are truncated down to two remaining.
The body whorl is very flatly convex and tapers almost evenly on both sides; the base is compressed and has an almost imperceptible umbilical slit. The aperture is elongated and very narrow, constricted at the top. The lip is bluntly sharpened, scarcely curved outward, and somewhat thickened within; it is pale horn-colored. The columella bears a reflection that is scarcely noticeable above but forms a callous lip below, and it has two folds, of which the lower one lies far within and is rather small.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Fiji, Hawaii; Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.[3]
References
- ^ Auriculastra elongata(Küster, 1845). 2 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Küster, H.C. (1841–1845). Die Ohrschnecken (Auriculacea.). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, sechzehnte Abtheilung, erster Theil. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. p. 53. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ Gbif.org: distribution
- Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
External links
- Möllendorff, O.F. von (1898). "Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken". Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 160.
- Brandt, R.A.M. (1974). "The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand" (PDF). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105 (i–iv): 222.