Amastra subrostrata

Amastra subrostrata was an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.^[3]

Subspecies

• Amastra subrostrata acuminata C. M. Cooke, 1933
• Amastra subrostrata subrostrata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)

Amastra subrostrata
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amastridae
Genus:	Amastra
Species:	†A. subrostrata
Binomial name
†Amastra subrostrata Pfeiffer, 1859[2]
Location of Oʻahu
Synonyms
Achatinella (Laminella) subrostrata L. Pfeiffer, 1859 superseded combination Achatinella subrostrata L. Pfeiffer, 1859 superseded combination Amastra (Metamastra) subrostrata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) alternative representation

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 8 mm

The shell is imperforate, dextral, ovate-conic, and solid, with an irregularly striate surface that is slightly glossy. Its coloration is brown, irregularly clouded with tawny hues.

The spire is swollen-conic with a rather acute apex and consists of six whorls. The first four whorls are barely convex, while the body whorl is rounded and accounts for about two-fifths of the total length. A nearly basal, acute, and oblique columellar lamella is present.

The aperture is slightly oblique and irregularly semi-elliptical, angular at the columella, giving it a beak-like extension. The peristome is unexpanded and white-lipped within, with the right margin slightly spreading and the columellar margin only slightly dilated and adnate.^[4]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Hawai, occurring on Oʻahu.