Amastra albolabris explained

Amastra albolabris was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.

Description

(Original description) The shell is conically ovate with an acute apex and six rounded, non-margined whorls. The aperture is ovate, and the columella is short with plicate teeth. The semilunar lip is thickened and white.

The shell is dark umber in color, highlighted by a yellow sutural line, with the interior a striking bluish-white^[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from the Waiʻanae Range.

References

• Book: Cowie, R. H. . Evenhuis, N. L. . Christensen, C. C. . Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands . 1995 . Backhuys Publishers . Leiden . 1–248.

Notes and References

1. Newcomb . W. . 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 . 1854 . 21 . 142 . 19 November 2024.