Amphibulima

Amphibulima
A live individual of Amphibulima patula dominicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805 [1]
Type species
Amphibulima cucullataLamarck, 1805
Synonyms [2]
AmphibuliaRafinesque, 1815 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of AmphibulimaLamarck, 1805) Amphibulima (Amphibulima)Lamarck, 1805 · alternate representation AmphibulimusMontfort, 1810 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)

Amphibulima is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae. ^{[3] [2]}

Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae. ^[4]

Description

(Original description in French) The univalve shell, oval to oval-conical in shape, features an entire aperture longer than wide. The outer lip of the aperture is sharp, non-reflected, ascending onto and merging seamlessly with the columella, which lacks folds. An operculum is absent. ^[5]

Species

Species in the genus Amphibulima include:

• Amphibulima browni Pilsbry, 1899 – endemic to Dominica ^[6]
• Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805
• Amphibulima pardalina Guppy, 1868 – endemic to Dominica ^[6]
• Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792)
• Amphibulima rawsonis Bland, 1876
• Amphibulima tigrina (Lesueur in Férussac, 1821)

Species brought into synonymy

• Amphibulima depressa(Rang, 1834) accepted as Pellicula depressa (Rang, 1834) (superseded combination)
• Amphibulima felinaGuppy, 1873 accepted as Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior synonym)
• Amphibulima imbricataRochebrune, 1882: synonym of Hyalimax imbricatus (Rochebrune, 1882) (original combination)
• Amphibulima rubescens(Deshayes, 1830) – endemic to Martinique: ^[6] synonym of Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830)
• Amphibulima succineaLamarck, 1805: synonym of Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: unjustified replacement

Comparison of species of Amphibulima:

Amphibulima pardalina

Amphibulima patula dominicensis

References

1. Lamarck J. B. P. A. (1805). "Sur l’Amphibulime". Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6: 303–306, pl. 55. page 304.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870090 on 10 July 2022
3. Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". Basteria 74(1–3): 25–31.
4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
5. Lamarck, J-B de (1805). "Sur l'Amphibulime". Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 304. Retrieved 13 March 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
6. Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

External links

• Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1805). Sur l'Amphibulime. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 303–306
• Guppy, R. J. L. (1868). On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 1: 429–442