Ampelita hova
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| Ampelita hova | |
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| Shell of Ampelita hova (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Ampelita |
| Species: | A. hova |
| Binomial name | |
| Ampelita hova (Angas, 1877) | |
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Ampelita hova is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.[1]
(Original description) This shell, wider than high, is quite solid. It exhibits closely spaced growth riblets and, under magnification, a very fine shagreen texture. Its coloration is yellowish-green with three broad brown spiral bands. It has four and a half moderately convex whorls. The upper surface of the body whorl displays a very slight spiral depression. The umbilical funnel is small. The umbilicus is slightly compressed and non-perspective. The aperture is oblique, oval-rectangular, and completely white inside, including the callus connecting its edges. The peristome is pure white, slightly dilated, and slightly reflected.[2]
