Amastra elongata
Species of gastropod
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Amastra elongata is an extinct species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.[3]
| Amastra elongata | |
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| Amastra elongata shell | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra |
| Species: | †A. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amastra elongata | |
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| Location of Oʻahu | |
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Description
The shell is sinistral and sharply turreted, adorned with numerous well-defined longitudinal striae and covered by a brown epidermis. It consists of seven rounded whorls, with a deep and simple suture.
The aperture is ovate, and the columella bears a distinct plication. The outer lip is simple and unadorned. .[4]
