Amastridae

Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.^[1]

Amastridae
Amastra Spirizona Palikea, Oahu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910

Distribution

This family is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Genera

Subfamily Amastrinae Pilsbry, 1910

• Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
• Carelia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
• Cyclamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 : synonym of Amastra (Cyclamastra) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
• Kauaia Sykes, 1900: synonym of Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted rank)
• Laminella L. Pfeiffer, 1854
• Planamastra Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
• Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889

Subfamily Leptachatininae Cockerell, 1913

• Armsia Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
• Leptachatina A. A. Gould, 1847
• Pauahia C. M. Cooke, 1910

Genera brought into synonymy

• Carinella L. Pfeiffer, 1875: synonym of Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
• Helicamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905: synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889
• Pterodiscus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889