Amastridae is a
taxonomic family
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of small, air-breathing,
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Pupilloidea
Pupilloidea is a superfamily of small and very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the infraorder ''Pupilloidei'' .
Taxonomy
This superfamily contains the following families:
* Achatinellidae Gulick, 1873
* A ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994718 on 2021-02-21]
Distribution
This family is
endemic
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to the
Hawaiian Islands.
Genera
;Subfamily Amastrinae
Pilsbry, 1910
* ''
Amastra''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
* ''
Carelia''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
* ''
Cyclamastra''
* ''
Kauaia''
* ''
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
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
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