Achatinella fuscobasis
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clade Heterobranchia
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A. fuscobasis
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| Achatinella fuscobasis (Smith, 1873)
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Achatinella fuscobasis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii.
Shell description
The sinistral shell is ovate, with slightly convex whorls and the suture distinctly margined. The shell has six whorls. The color is glossy white with the last whorl yellowish and ornamented with a median zone and base of brown. The aperture is white and the brown peristome is thick. The columellar fold is strong.[2]
The height of the shell is 16.0 mm. The width of the shell is 10.0 mm.[2]
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1992) Recovery Plan for the O’ahu Tree Snails of the Genus Achatinella. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, 64 pp. + 64 pp. of appendices + 5 figures. PDF
