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
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