Amphorella hypselia

Species of gastropod

Amphorella hypselia
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
Family:
Ferussaciidae
Genus:
Amphorella
Species:
A. hypselia
Binomial name
Amphorella hypselia
(Pilsbry, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Achatina producta Lowe, 1852
  • Ferrussacia producta (Lowe,1852)
  • Ferussacia hypselia Pilsbry, 1909
  • Glandina producta (Lowe,1852)
  • Lovea producta (Lowe,1852)

Amphorella hypselia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ferussaciidae.

Description

(Original description in Latin) Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774) is similar, but with a shell that is twice as large, more solid, and robust, and is thus completely distinct in appearance.

It differs from Amphorella gracilis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) by having a more solid, non-hyaline shell, an aperture that is obliquely produced upward and backward, and a columella that is prominently truncated versus notched at the base. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

References

  1. ^ a b Teixeira, D.; Cameron, R.; Groh, K.; Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Amphorella hypselia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T170871A1317976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170871A1317976.en. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ Lowe, R.T. (1852). "Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9 (50)): 120. Retrieved 27 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Pilsbry, H.A. (1908–1910). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: Caecilioides, Glessula and Partulidae. pp i-viii. Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. pp. 1–326. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Amphorella hypselia