Allopeas prestoni explained

Allopeas prestoni is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

Variety:

• Allopeas prestoni var. hawaiiense (Sykes, 1904): synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The slightly perforate and elongate-cylindrical shell is translucent, thin, and exhibits a horny or waxy-horny coloration. The protoconch is somewhat blunt. The shell comprises 8.5 flatly convex whorls, delicately striated with growth lines. The body whorl accounts for 9/20 of the total shell length. The suture is distinctly impressed. The aperture is elongate-ovate in shape. The peristome is simple and sharp, with the columellar margin slightly reflexed at the base, nearly covering the perforation. ^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Allopeas prestoni includes:

• Sri Lanka.

External links

• Book: Naggs, F. & Raheem, D . Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. . 2000 . The Natural History Museum . London . 0565091514 . 1-203 .

Notes and References

1. Sykes . E.R. . List of the species of Cataulus found in Ceylon, with descriptions of some new land-shells from that island. . Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London . 1898 . 3 . 73 . 29 August 2024.