Amastra

Amastra
Amastra elongata shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Amastridae
Subfamily:	Amastrinae
Genus:	Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Type species
Achatinella magna C. B. Adams, 1851
Synonyms
Achatinella (Amastra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 superseded rank Achatinella (Carinella) L. Pfeiffer, 1875 (invalid: junior homonym of Carinella Johnston, 1833 [Nemertea]; Kauaia is a replacement name) Amastra (Amastra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Amastrella) Sykes, 1900· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Armiella) Hyatt, 1911· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Cyclamastra) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Heteramastra) Pilsbry, 1911· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Kauaia) Sykes, 1900· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Metamastra) Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911· accepted, alternate representation Amastra (Paramastra) Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911· accepted, alternate representation Amastrella Sykes, 1900 Armiella Hyatt, 1911 · unaccepted > superseded rank Cyclamastra Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905 Helicter (Amastra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 superseded rank Heteramastra Pilsbry, 1911 Kauaia Sykes, 1900 (unaccepted rank) Metamastra Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 superseded rank Paramastra Hyatt & Pilsbry, 1911 ·

Amastra is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.^[1]

Many of the species in this genus have become extinct in recent times.