Amastra
| Amastra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Cochlicopoidea |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Amastra Adams, 1855 |
Amastra is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Many of the species in this genus have become extinct in recent times.
Species
Species within the genus Amastra include:
- †Amastra albolabris
- †Amastra cornea
- †Amastra crassilabrum
- Amastra cylindrica
- †Amastra elongata
- †Amastra forbesi
- Amastra micans
- †Amastra pellucida
- †Amastra porcus
- †Amastra reticulata
- Amastra rubens
- Amastra spirizona
- †Amastra subrostrata
- †Amastra subsoror
- †Amastra tenuispira
- †Amastra umbilicata
References
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