''Amastra'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of small air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Amastridae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995681 on 2021-02-21]
This genus is endemic to the
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost ...
.
Many of the species in this genus have become extinct in recent times.
Species
Species within the genus ''Amastra'' include:
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Amastra albolabris''
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Amastra anthonii''
W. Newcomb, 1861
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Amastra cornea
''Amastra cornea'' was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. This species was endemic to Oahu, and was known from around Waialua
Waialua () is a census-designated place an ...
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Amastra crassilabrum
''Amastra crassilabrum'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. This species was endemic to Oahu
Oahu () (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as " ...
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Amastra cyclostoma
''Amastra'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
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(Baldwin, 1895)
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Amastra cylindrica
''Amastra cylindrica'' is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfa ...
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Amastra delicata
''Amastra'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
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C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra dwightii''
C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra elongata''
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Amastra forbesi''
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Amastra globosa''
C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra gulickiana
''Amastra'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
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A. Hyatt & H.A. Pilsbry, 1911
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Amastra implicata
''Amastra'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
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C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra inopinata''
C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra juddii''
C. M. Cooke, 1917
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Amastra kauaiensis''
(Newcomb, 1860)
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Amastra micans''
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Amastra nannodes''
C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra nubilosa''
(Mighels, 1845)
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Amastra nucleola''
(Gould, 1845)
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Amastra obesa''
(Newcomb, 1853)
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Amastra oswaldi''
C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra ovatula''
C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra pellucida
''Amastra pellucida'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...
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Amastra porcus
''Amastra porcus'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mol ...
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Amastra problematica
''Amastra'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
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C. M. Cooke, 1933
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Amastra reticulata
''Amastra reticulata'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...
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Amastra rubens
''Amastra rubens'' is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the Amastridae family. This species is endemic to Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, locat ...
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(Gould, 1845)
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Amastra rugulosa
''Amastra'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
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Pease, 1870
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Amastra spirizona''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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Amastra subrostrata
''Amastra subrostrata'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
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Amastra subsoror
''Amastra subsoror'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae. It was endemic to Maui, Hawaii. It was described by George W. Tryon and Henry A. Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pils ...
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Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
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Amastra tenuispira
''Amastra tenuispira'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae
Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...
''
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Amastra textilis''
(Férussac, 1825)
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Amastra tristis''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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Amastra umbilicata''
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Amastra amboinensis''
E. A. Smith, 1873
* ''Amastra citrea''
Sykes, 1896
* ''Amastra fraterna''
Sykes, 1896
* ''Amastra longa''
Sykes, 1896
* ''Amastra villosa''
Sykes, 1896
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Sykes, E. R. (1900). Fauna Hawaiiensis. University Press, Cambridge. Volume II, Part IV, Mollusca: pp. 271–412, pls 11, 12
Amastridae
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