Common name of Amaea retifera
 
Common Name Reticulate wentletrap
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'wentletrap' from German-Dutch 'wenteltrap', i.e., 'spiral staircase'; 'reticulate' from Latin 'reticulum', i.e., having veins, fibers or lines.
 
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