Amastrid Land Snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Amastridae
Genus:
Laminella
Species:
L. aspera
Binomial name
Laminella aspera
Baldwin, 1908

Laminella aspera is a land snail belonging to the family Amastridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 7 mm.

The sinistral shell is minutely perforated, thin and conical. The apex is obtuse. The surface exhibits very coarse and irregular growth striae. The color of the shell is yellow, plain or marked with irregular black lineations, the apex black. The shell contains 6 convex whorls. The suture is well impressed. The aperture is a little oblique, sub-rotund, yellowish within. The peristome is simple and very thin. The columella is white, biplicate and not prominent.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Wailuku Valley, West Maui ,Hawaiian Islands, .[3]

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Laminella aspera Baldwin, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1505766 on 2023-08-15
  2. ↑ Baldwin, D. D. (1908). Descriptions of new species of Achatinella, from the Hawaiian Islands. The Nautilus. 22(7): 67-69
  3. ↑ Auffenberg, Kurt (16 November 2021). "Molluscabase - Laminella aspera Baldwin, 1908". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  • 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.
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