Biology:Amphidromus moniliferus
| Amphidromus moniliferus | |
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| File:Amphidromus moniliferus 001.jpg | |
| Shell of Amphidromus moniliferus (possibly syntype at Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. moniliferus
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus moniliferus (Gould, 1846)
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Amphidromus moniliferus is a species of air-breathing, arboreal land snails in the family Camaenidae.[1]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Myanmar.
Description
The height of the shell attains 30.5 mm, its diameter 17.75 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is conico-oblong and typically sinistral. It is smooth and yellowish-gray with longitudinal flames. It features a linear brown sutural band and an interrupted brown subsutural band. The umbilical region is brown, divided by a yellow band. The shell comprises seven whorls, with the body whorl subcarinate. The aperture is subovate, angled, and slightly effuse at the base. The outer lip is reflexed, reddish-purple, and dilated at the columella. The aperture interior is purple.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amphidromus moniliferus (A. Gould, 1846). 3 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Blanford, W.T. (1914). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma ... ed. by W.T. Blanford. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 184. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46617#page/5/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
External links
- Gould, A.A. (1843). "Shells not long since announced as having been received from the Rev. Francis Mason, missionary at Tavoy, in British Burmah". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1: 140. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490567. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- Tryon, George W., (George Washington), - Baker, H. Burrington (Horace Burrington), - Cooke, C. Montague (Charles Montague), - Hyatt, Alpheus, - Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1900). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Second series, Pulmonata (2 ed.). Philadelphia: published by the authors. p. 179. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76490#page/151/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
- Benson, W.H. (1857). "New species of Bulimus from India, Burma and the Mauritius". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 2 2 (112): 229–230. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2256135. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- Sutcharit, Chirasak; Panha, Somsak (2006). "Taxonomic review of the tree snail Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) in Thailand and adjacent areas: Subgenus Amphidromus". Journal of Molluscan Studies 72 (1): 1–30. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyi044.
Wikidata ☰ Q133808248 entry
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