Amastridae

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| authority = Pilsbry, 1910

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Amastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994718 on 2021-02-21

Distribution

This family is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Genera

;Subfamily Amastrinae Pilsbry, 1910

Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Carelia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Cyclamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 : synonym of Amastra (Cyclamastra) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Kauaia Sykes, 1900: synonym of Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted rank)
Laminella L. Pfeiffer, 1854
Planamastra Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889

;Subfamily Leptachatininae Cockerell, 1913

Armsia Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911
Leptachatina A. A. Gould, 1847
Pauahia C. M. Cooke, 1910

;Genera brought into synonymy:

Carinella L. Pfeiffer, 1875: synonym of Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Helicamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905: synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889
Pterodiscus Pilsbry, 1893: synonym of Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889

References

Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
{{cite journal |last1=Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. |title=Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families |journal=Malacologia |date=2017 |volume=61 |issue=1-2 |pages=1–526}}
{{cite journal |last1=Schileyko |first1=A.A. |title=Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidulidae |journal=Ruthenica |date=1998 |volume=Supplement 2 |pages=1–127}}
{{cite book |last1=Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. |title=Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands |date=1995 |publisher=Backhuys Publishers |location=Leiden |pages=1–248}}

External links

{{cite book |last1=Pilsbry |first1=H.A. |title=Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: Caecilioides, Glessula and Partulidae |date=1908–1910 |publisher=Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences |location=Philadelphia |pages=1–326 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1098062}}