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Amastra cylindrica

(Amastrid Land Snail)

Overview

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Amastridae: <i>Amastra cylindrica</i> (Newcomb, 1854) from Hawaii

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Amastrid Land Snail

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Heterobranchia () - J.E. Gray, 1840
        Order: Stylommatophora () - Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
        Suborder: Eupulmonata () - (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
        Infraorder: Stylommatophora () - A. Schmidt, 1855
        Superfamily: Cochlicopoidea () - Pilsbry, 1900 (1879)
        Family: Amastridae () - Pilsbry, 1910
        Genus: Amastra () - Adams, 1855
        Specific name: cylindrica
        Scientific name: - Amastra cylindrica

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Amastra

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 130 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aemulator (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. affinis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. agglutinans (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. albocincta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. albolabris (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. amicta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. anthonii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. assimilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. aurostoma (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. badia (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. baldwiniana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. biplicata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. borcherdingi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. breviata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. conica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. conifera (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cornea (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. crassilabrum (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cyclostoma (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cylindrica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. davisiana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. decorticata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. delicata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. durandi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. dwightii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elegantula (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elephantina (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elliptica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elongata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. eos (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. farcimen (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. flavescens (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. forbesi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. fragilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. fraterna (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. globosa (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. goniops (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. gouveii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. grayana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. gulickana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. hawaiiensis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. humilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. hutchinsonii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. implicata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. inflata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. inopinata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. irwiniana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. johnsoni (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. juddii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. kalamaulensis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. kauaiensis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. kaunakakaiensis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. knudseni (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. laeva (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. lahainana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. lineolata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. luctuosa (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. magna (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. makawaoensis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. malleata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. mastersi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. melanosis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. metamorpha (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. micans (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. mirabilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. modesta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. modicella (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. moesta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. montagui (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. montana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. montivaga (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. mucronata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nannodes (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. neglecta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nigra (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nubifera (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nubigena (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nubilosa (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nucleola (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. nucula (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. obesa (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. oswaldi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. ovatula (Amastrid Land Snail (Fossil)) · A. peasei (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. pellucida (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. petricola (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. pilsbryi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. porcus (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. porphyrostoma (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. praeopima (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. problematica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. pullata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. pusilla (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. reticulata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. ricei (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. rubens (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. rubida (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. rubristoma (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. rugulosa (Amastrid Land Snail)

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Further Reading

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1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 132.
Check list of Hawaiian land and fresh water Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1928. url p. 41.
Fauna hawaiiensis; Cambridge, Eng., The University press, 1913. url p. 335.
Fauna hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913. url p. 335, p. 335.
Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species. by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1885-1935. url p. 139, p. 139, p. 209, p. 209, p. 276, p. 276, p. 33, p. 33, p. 359, p. 359, p. 380, p. 380.
Mollusca, by E.R. Sykes with intercalations on anatomy by Lt.-Col. Godwin-Austen. [CambridgeUniversity Press]1900. url p. 335.
The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 114, p. 114.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Cowie, R.H. 1996. Amastra cylindrica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 17, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6272294
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16189737
IUCN ID: 190251
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN9040
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175114

Footnotes

Cowie, R.H. 1996. Amastra cylindrica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

Last Revised: 7/16/2012