Amastra luteola
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| Amastra luteola | |
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| Shell of Amastra luteola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra |
| Species: | A. luteola |
| Binomial name | |
| Amastra luteola (A. Férussac, 1825) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helix luteola A. Férussac, 1825 superseded combination | |
Amastra luteola is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.[1]
The shell is dextral, elongate, and delicately striatulate. Its coloration is white, covered by a transient buff-colored epidermis. <It is composed of 5–6 whorls, the body whorl is only faintly carinate. The suture is simple and not duplicated.
The aperture is ovate-elongate, while the columella is white and gracefully arcuate. The umbilical crevice is indistinct. [2]
