Amphicyclotulus perplexus

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Amphicyclotulus perplexus
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Shell of Amphicyclotulus perplexus (holotype at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Neocyclotidae
Genus: Amphicyclotulus
Species:
A. perplexus
Binomial name
Amphicyclotulus perplexus
de la Torre, Bartsch & Morrison, 1942
Synonyms

Amphicyclotulus (Amphicyclotulus) perplexusBartsch, 1942 alternative representation

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Amphicyclotulus perplexus is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Neocyclotidae. [2]

This land snail species is vulnerable to the possibility of extinction.

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 11.5 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the island of Guadeloupe, West Indies.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (1996). "Amphicyclotulus perplexus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T1166A3300905. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1166A3300905.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Amphicyclotulus perplexus Bartsch, 1942 . 17 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .


  1. Charles, L. (2016). "Inventaire de mollusques terrestres de Guadeloupe, Petites Antilles: données préliminaires". Journal MalaCo. 12: 49.