Auriculastra pusilla
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| Auriculastra pusilla | |
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| Shell of Auriculastra pusilla (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Auriculastra |
| Species: | A. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Auriculastra pusilla (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ellobium pusillum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original combination) | |
Auriculastra pusilla is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.[1]
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The white shell is subulate-ovate, shining and smooth. The spire is elongated with a sharp apex. The aperture is oblong and narrow. The columella is somewhat callous and bears three folds: the posterior fold is strong, while the anterior folds are small and oblique. The outer lip has a slightly thickened margin and is scarcely sinuated at the back. [2]
