Ampelita gaudens
Ampelita gaudens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.
;Varieties:Ampelita gaudens var. campbelliana Ampelita gaudens var. gaudens Ampelita gaudens var. macrogranulosa Fischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994Ampelita gaudens var. nossibeensis O. Boettger, 1889
Description
The height of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 63 mm.This brown shell features a wide, deep umbilicus that allows a view to the apex. Its shape is discoid-subdepressed, solid yet lightweight. The shell is very finely punctuated near the suture, while the remaining upper surface is malleated and irregularly striated. The apex is only slightly raised. Five and a quarter rapidly growing, convex whorls are separated by a distinct suture. The body whorl is very large, with a slightly fragmented keel along its equator. Near the aperture, the body whorl descends abruptly and significantly. The base exhibits a slight flat area around the umbilicus and small growth riblets covered in tiny granules. A yellowish band encircles the umbilicus. The aperture is very oblique, elongated, with nearly parallel upper and lower edges. Its interior is a pale grayish-blue. The peristome is shortly reflected. The columella is slightly dilated at the top but does not extend over the umbilicus.