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Auriculella armata

Auriculella armata is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Achatinellidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is typically sinistral, though it is rarely found to be dextral. It possesses a conical shape and is colored brown or yellowish, occasionally featuring a light, revolving band just below the suture. The structure is distinctly perforate.

There are five whorls, which are convex in profile. The aperture is oblong-ovate and is equipped with a thin, flexuous, lamellated tooth situated on the transverse (parietal) lip. Additionally, there is a small tooth or fold located on the columellar lip. Finally, the outer lip is thin and slightly reflected.

Distribution

This species occurs on Hawaii.

References

  • Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

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