Acusta despecta

Acusta despecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.^[1]

Acusta despecta
A live individual of Acusta despecta sieboldiana
A live individual of Acusta despecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Acusta
Species:	A. despecta
Binomial name
Acusta despecta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
Synonyms
Bradybaena despecta (Gray, 1839) (original combination) Eulota (Acusta) despecta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) (unaccepted combination) Eulota despecta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) (unaccepted combination) Helix despecta G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (original combination)

This species is sometimes a pest on citrus trees.^[2]

A resting Acusta despecta sieboldiana is attached to a wall, having formed an epiphragm

Subspecies

• Acusta despecta chinensis
• Acusta despecta ikiensis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
• Acusta despecta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
• Acusta despecta praetenuis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
• Acusta despecta sieboldtiana (Pfeiffer, 1850) - in Japanese: ウスカワマイマイ

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

• Japan
• Guam
• South Korea