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Amastra rubens

(Amastrid Land Snail)

Overview

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Critically Endangered

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Amastrid Land Snail

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (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 ()
        Genus: Amastra () - Newcomb
        Specific name: rubens - (Gould) 1845
        Scientific name: - Amastra rubens (Gould) 1845

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Amastra

There are approximately 202 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. abavus · 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. anthoni · A. anthonii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. antiqua · A. assimilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. aurostoma (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. auwahiensis · A. badia (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. baldwiniana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. bicolor · A. bilineata · A. biplicata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. bodia · A. borcherdingi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. breriata · A. breviata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. bulimoides · A. caputadamantis · A. conica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. conifera (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cornea (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. corneola · A. crassa · A. crassilabris · A. crassilabrum (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cyclostoma (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cylindrata · A. cylindrica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. cylindrical · A. davisiana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. decora · A. decorticata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. delicata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. diaphana · A. dispersa · A. durandi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. dwightii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elegantula (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elephantina (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. ellipsoidea · A. elliptica (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. elliptico · A. elongata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. eos (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. extincta · A. farcimen (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. flavescens (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. flaviscens · A. forbesi (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. fossilis · A. fragilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. fragosa · A. fraterna (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. frosti · A. globosa (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. goniops (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. gouveii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. gravida suffusa · A. grayana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. grossa · A. gulickana (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. gulickiana · A. hawaiiensis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. humilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. hutchinsonii (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. implicata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. incincta · A. inflata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. inopinata (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. intermedia · 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. micans frosti · A. mirabilis (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. modesta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. modicella (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. moesta (Amastrid Land Snail) · A. montaguei

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Further Reading

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Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.

Notes

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Contributors

Cowie, R.H. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

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: 7137230
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16189735
IUCN ID: 987
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASN9120
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175040

Last Revised: 2009-04-24