Amastra sericea
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| Amastra sericea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra |
| Species: | A. sericea |
| Binomial name | |
| Amastra sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) | |
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Amastra sericea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Amastra sericea anaglypta C. M. Cooke, 1917
- Amastra sericea sericea (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 9.3 mm
The shell is imperforate, dextral, ovate-conic, and solid, with a surface characterized by coarse striation and minute granulate decussation from spiral striae, giving it a silky texture. Its coloration is deep brown, with a spire that is convexly conic and rather acute.
The shell comprises nearly six convex whorls, paler at the sutures. The body whorl constitutes two-fifths of the total length and is whitish around the columella. The columella features a short, compressed, and oblique lamina.
The aperture is oblique and elliptical. The peristome is simple and unexpanded, with the right margin forming a nearly semicircular curve and connecting angularly to the calloused columella. [2]
