Ampelita lancula is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. The snail was originally described by André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac (French Naturalist) in 1821. He orginally placed it in the genus Helix, calling it Helix Lancula.
Description
The height of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter is 37 mm. The shell shape is classified as "depressed" or "heliciform" meaning it is structurally flattened.
It is strictly an endemic species. Distribution This species is endemic to Madagascar.
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