Amphicyclotulus rufescens

Amphicyclotulus rufescens
Shell of Amphicyclotulus rufescens (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Neocyclotidae
Genus:	Amphicyclotulus
Species:	A. rufescens
Binomial name
Amphicyclotulus rufescens (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843)
Synonyms
Amphicyclotulus (Amphicyclotulus) acutiliratus(Drouët, 1859) junior subjective synonym Amphicyclotulus (Amphicyclotulus) rufescens(G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) alternative representation Amphicyclotulus acutiliratus(Drouët, 1859) junior subjective synonym Amphicyclotus acutiliratus(Drouët, 1859) junior subjective synonym Amphicyclotus rufescens(G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) (unaccepted combination) Cyclophorus acutiliratusDrouët, 1859 junior subjective synonym Cyclostoma rufescensG. B. Sowerby I, 1843 (original combination)

Amphicyclotulus rufescens is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Neocyclotidae. ^[1]

Description

(Original description) The shell, nearly orbicular in outline and predominantly reddish in coloration, possesses a short spire composed of four rounded whorls. These whorls exhibit spiral ridges and striations, with the ridges displaying crenulations. The suture is deeply impressed. The aperture is circular, defined by a thin, sharp peritreme. The umbilicus is notably large. ^[2]

Distribution

This Caribbean species is endemic to the island of Martinique.

References

1. Amphicyclotulus rufescens (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) . 17 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Sowerby, G.B. I (1843). Monograph of the genus Cyclostoma. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (3):. London: privately published. p. 94. Retrieved 17 March 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Delannoye R., Charles L., Pointier J.-P. & Massemin D. (2015). Mollusques continentaux de la Martinique. Collection Inventaires et biodiversité. Paris: Biotope, Mèze & Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. pp. 1–328.

External links

• Bartsch, P. (1942). "The cyclophorid mollusks of the West Indies, exclusive of Cuba. In: de la Torre, C.; Bartsch, P.; Morrison, J. P. E. The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America". United States National Museum Bulletin. 181 (2): 58. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
• Drouët, H. (1859). "Essai sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Guyane française". Mémoires de la Société Académique de l'Aube. 23: 89. Retrieved 17 March 2025.