Amastra cornea explained

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is irregularly acutely conical with a pointed apex and an inflated body whorl. It is thin and corneous, adorned with minute longitudinal striations. Comprising seven rounded whorls, the shell features a subovate aperture with a thin, translucent lip. The columella is straight, white, and equipped with a transverse, plaited tooth.

The shell's coloration is a uniform dark horn, contrasting with the white columella and tooth. [1]

Distribution

This extinct species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from around Waialua.

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.