Biology:Amphidromus bataviae

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Short description: Species of snail in the family Camaenidae

Amphidromus bataviae
File:Amphidromus bataviae 001.jpg
Shell of Amphidromus bataviae (lectotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. bataviae
Binomial name
Amphidromus bataviae
(Grateloup, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus bataviae Grateloup, 1840 superseded combination (basionym)
  • Partula bataviae Grateloup, 1840

Amphidromus bataviae is a species of medium-sized air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Habitat

This species lives in trees.[2]

Distribution

The type locality of this sinistral species is Sumatra, Indonesia.

References

  1. Amphidromus bataviae (Grateloup, 1840). 9 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Thach, Nguyen Ngoc (2017). New shells of southeast Asia : sea shells & land snails : with 2 new genera and 85 new species. Akron, Ohio. pp. 38. ISBN 9780578194325. OCLC 1002065968. 
  • Grateloup JPS de (1840a) Description de plusieurs coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 11: 394–455.

Wikidata ☰ Q133844000 entry