Amphidromus abbasorum

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Amphidromus abbasorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. abbasorum
Binomial name
Amphidromus abbasorum
Thach, 2017

Amphidromus abbasorum is a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1] It is endemic to West Timor, Indonesia.

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Habitat

Amphidromus abbasorum is usually found in an arboreal habitat. [2]

Distribution

The distribution of Amphidromus abbasorum is restricted to South Amarasi, in West Timor, Indonesia. [2]

Etymology

This species is named after the Indonesian Sri Patimah and the American John Abbas, in honour of their work on terrestrial snails of Indonesia. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphidromus abbasorum Thach, 2017". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  2. 1 2 3 Thach, Nguyen Ngoc (2017). New shells of southeast Asia : sea shells & land snails : with 2 new genera and 85 new species. Akron, Ohio. p. 35. ISBN   9780578194325. OCLC   1002065968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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