Allopeas subula

Species of gastropod

Allopeas subula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Allopeas
Species:	A. subula
Binomial name
*Allopeas subula* (L. Pfeiffer, 1839)

Synonyms
Achatina subula L. Pfeiffer, 1839 (original combination) Bulimus subula L. Pfeiffer, 1839 (different combination) Opeas subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) (unaccepted combination) Stenogyra (Opeas) subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) (unaccepted combination) Stenogyra subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) (unaccepted combination)

Allopeas subula is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm 6 mm, its diameter between 1¼ mm and 1½ mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is turreted and subulate, with a translucent, waxy appearance. It features 7 slightly flattened whorls, with the body whorl being subtly perforate. The columella is faintly truncated, the lip is sharp, and the aperture is oblong.^[2]

The shell is small, thin, and turreted. It is typically perforate, with a large, rounded, and obtuse apex. The whorls are rather flattened and the shell exhibits a corneous or yellowish hue. The embryonic whorls are smooth. The aperture is small and ovate, with a thin outer lip that is somewhat arched forward. The columella is straight or slightly concave, not sinuous, with the columellar lip reflexed, curving seamlessly into the basal lip without being toothed or truncated below.^[3]

Distribution

The distribution of Allopeas subula includes<ref>Gbif.com: Allopeas subula - distribution

Cuba (holotype), Barbados, Bahamas, Jamaica, Guyana, Nicaragua, Mexico
Christmas Island
Australia
Vietnam

References

^ Allopeas subula (L. Pfeiffer, 1839). 31 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ WPfeiffer, L. (1839). "Bericht über die Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach Cuba im Winter 1838-1839". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 5 (1): 346–358. Retrieved 31 August 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Morelet, Arthur (1885). Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 28–29 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979345#page/37/mode/1up. Retrieved 29 August 2024. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.