Partulina aptycha

Partulina aptycha
Shell of Partulina aptycha (original image)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Partulina
Species:
P. aptycha
Binomial name
Partulina aptycha
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855) sensu Cowie et al., 1995
Synonyms
  • Partulina (Partulina) aptycha (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) sensu Cowie et al., 1995 · alternative representation

Partulina aptycha is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 10 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate, dextral, oblong-conical, and rather thin. It is finely striated, somewhat shining, and white, ornamented with punctate, chestnut-coloured bands.

The spire is elongately conical, with a somewhat obtuse apex. The suture is subsimple. There are 6½ slightly convex whorls; the body whorl is almost equal to half the length of the shell and is rounded at the base.

The aperture is oblique and truncately oval, and is milky white internally. The columellar plica is obsolete, and the shell is slightly twisted. The peristome is simple and very slightly thickened internally; the right margin is straight, while the columellar margin is narrow and adnate.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawaii.

References

  1. ↑ Partulina aptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855 sensu Cowie et al., 1995. 24 October 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ Pfeiffer, L. (1855). "Descriptions of twenty-seven new species of Achatinella, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq., collected by Dr. Newcomb and by Mons. D. Frick, late Consul-General of France at the Sandwich Islands". Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 23 (284): 1. Retrieved 24 October 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.