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Amphidromus floresianus

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Amphidromus floresianus
apertural view of the shell of Amphidromus floresianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. floresianus
Binomial name
Amphidromus floresianus
Fulton, 1897
Synonyms

Amphidromus (Syndromus) floresianus Fulton, 1897 · alternative representation

Amphidromus floresianus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Description

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(Original description) The sinistral shell is solid, imperforate and oblong-conic. It contains seven moderately convex whorls. The apex is dark brown, the second and third whorls are flesh-colored, the remaining whorls whitish towards the apex transitioning to yellow towards the base. The median whorls are ornamented with two spiral rows of irregular, squarish brown spots. The lower whorls are either plain yellow or bearing one to ten brown spiral lines, which may be continuous or interrupted. The outer lip and the lower columella are nearly black, polished, connected by a moderately thick, reddish, translucent callus. The outer lip is moderately expanded and reflected. The columella is nearly straight, exhibiting a somewhat angular appearance basally where it merges with the lip.[2]

Distribution

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South Flores.

References

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  1. ^ Amphidromus floresianus Fulton, 1897. 16 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Fulton, H. (1897). "Descriptions of two new species of Amphidromus". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6 (20): 211. Retrieved 16 April 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Thach N.N. (2019). Two new species of Amphidromus from Vietnam (Gastropoda: Camaenidae). Visaya. 5(3): 33-38.
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