Amphibulima tigrina

Amphibulima tigrina
Shell of Amphibulima tigrina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Amphibulima
Species:	A. tigrina
Binomial name
Amphibulima tigrina (Lesueur, 1822)
Synonyms
Amphibulima (Amphibulima) tigrina(Lesueur, 1822) alternative representation Helix (Cochlohydra) tigrinaLesueur, 1822 (original combination) Succinea tigrina(Lesueur, 1822) superseded combination

Amphibulima tigrina is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean on Dominica and Saint Vincent.

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

(Original description in French) The shell is markedly depressed and exhibits a subpatelliform morphology. Its apex is composed of a mere one and a half whorls, with the body whorl forming the totality of the shell structure. The shell presents a regularly oval, nearly symmetrical outline, and its aperture is nearly commensurate with the shell's overall size. A subtle columellar rim is created by the penultimate whorl, leading to a fully uncoiled and open shell with exceptionally thin margins. The columella is slightly obtuse and reveals a weakly protruding spiral of one and a half whorls within. This exceptionally delicate shell is finely striated due to growth increments, and its amber-yellow test is adorned with small, reddish, subcircular spots. ^[2]

References

1. Amphibulima tigrina (Lesueur, 1822) . 13 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. ( (1820). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. J.-B. Bailliere, Paris. Tome deuxième, première partie. Paris: J.-B. Baillière. p. 141. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.124603 . Retrieved 13 March 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External sources

• Guppy, R. J. L. (1881). "On the land-shells of S. Vincent, W. I." Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad. 2 (4): 165-166. Retrieved 13 March 2025.