Auriculella armata
| Auriculella armata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Auriculella |
| Species: | A. armata
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculella armata (Mighels, 1845)
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Auriculella armata is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Achatinellidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is typically sinistral, though it is rarely found to be dextral. It possesses a conical shape and is colored brown or yellowish, occasionally featuring a light, revolving band just below the suture. The structure is distinctly perforate.
There are five whorls, which are convex in profile. The aperture is oblong-ovate and is equipped with a thin, flexuous, lamellated tooth situated on the transverse (parietal) lip. Additionally, there is a small tooth or fold located on the columellar lip. Finally, the outer lip is thin and slightly reflected.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs on Hawaii.
References
- ^ Auriculella armata(Mighels, 1845). 13 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Mighels, J.W. (1845). "Descriptions of shells from the Sandwich Islands, and other localities". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 19. Retrieved 13 January 2026. 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. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
External links
- Ancey, C.F. (1889). "Étude sur la faune malacologique des îles Sandwich". Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France. 6: 218. Retrieved 13 January 2026.