Amphicyclotus cinereus

Amphicyclotus cinereus
Shell of Amphicyclotus cinereus (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Neocyclotidae
Genus:	Amphicyclotus
Species:	A. cinereus
Binomial name
Amphicyclotus cinereus (Drouët, 1859)
Synonyms
Cyclophorus cinereusDrouët, 1859 (original combination) Incerticyclus cinereus(Drouët, 1859) superseded combination

Amphicyclotus cinereus is a species of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae. ^[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This small, umbilicate, subturbinate shell is thin, faintly translucent, and finely striated, exhibiting an ash-gray coloration. It consists of four convex whorls with an obtuse apex. The aperture is angular-circular, and the peristome is simple and acute. The operculum is immersed, concolorous, and typical. ^[2]

Distribution

This species was found in French Guiana and Martinique.

References

1. Amphicyclotus cinereus (Drouët, 1859) . 19 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Drouët, H. (1859). "Essai sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Guyane française". Mémoires de la Société Académique de l'Aube. 23: 90. Retrieved 19 March 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Kobelt, W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Das Tierreich. XXXIX. Berlin: R. Friedländer. p. 249. Retrieved 19 March 2025.