Allopeas brevispira
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Allopeas brevispira
| authority = (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
| synonyms= Opeas brevispira Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904 (original combination)
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Allopeas brevispira is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS species|1330349 |Allopeas brevispira (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)|27 August 2024}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The shell is openly perforate and oblong, notably short for the genus. It has a corneous, translucent, and glossy surface, finely striated with wrinkles. The spire is short and tapers smoothly to a blunt apex. It has 5½ moderately convex whorls. The aperture is elongated and rhombic-convex, with the outer lip arched forward in the middle. The columellar lip is reflexed, only adhering at the point of insertion, while the columella remains straight. {{cite journal |last1=Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. |title=Descriptions of new land shells of the Japanese Empire. |journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |date=1904 |volume=56 |page=637 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26317028 |access-date=27 August 2024}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan. [https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=11102187 Gbif.org: Opeas brevispira]
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Minato |first1=H. |title=A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails |date=1988 |publisher=H. Minato |location=Shirahama |pages=1–294}}
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