Amastridae

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Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
Amastridae
Shells of Amastra sp. (top) and Leptachatina sp. (bottom)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Amastridae
Pilsbry, 1910

Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.[1]

This family is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

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