Auriculella armata is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Achatinellidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is typically sinistral, though it is rarely found to be dextral. It possesses a conical shape and is colored brown or yellowish, occasionally featuring a light, revolving band just below the suture. The structure is distinctly perforate.
There are five whorls, which are convex in profile. The aperture is oblong-ovate and is equipped with a thin, flexuous, lamellated tooth situated on the transverse (parietal) lip. Additionally, there is a small tooth or fold located on the columellar lip. Finally, the outer lip is thin and slightly reflected.
Distribution This species occurs on Hawaii.
References
Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
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