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Amastra cornea
Amastra cornea was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. This species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from around Waialua.
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Description
(Original description) The shell is irregularly acutely conical with a pointed apex and an inflated body whorl. It is thin and corneous, adorned with minute longitudinal striations. Comprising seven rounded whorls, the shell features a subovate aperture with a thin, translucent lip. The columella is straight, white, and equipped with a transverse, plaited tooth. The shell's coloration is a uniform dark horn, contrasting with the white columella and tooth.
Range & habitat
This extinct species was endemic to Oʻahu, and was known from around Waialua.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 93777.