Amphidromus aureocinctus

Amphidromus aureocinctus
Shell of Amphidromus aureocinctus (lectotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. aureocinctus
Binomial name
Amphidromus aureocinctus Fulton, 1896
Synonyms
Amphidromus adamsii var. aureocinctaFulton, 1896 superseded rank (basionym)

Amphidromus aureocinctus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 41 mm, its diameter 16 mm.

(Original description) Previously considered a variety of Amphidromus adamsii , but it exhibits significant variation in size and form. The upper whorls are a dull white, transitioning to a yellowish-fawn color on the lower whorls. A narrow, golden-yellow band encircles the shell just below the suture. The lip and columella are white. ^[2]

Distribution

The type species was found in northern Borneo

References

1. Amphidromus aureocinctusFulton, 1896 . 29 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Fulton Hugh C. (1896a) A list of the species of Amphidromus Albers, with critical notes and descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species and varieties. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6 vol. 17: 83 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Tryon, George W., (George Washington), - Baker, H. Burrington (Horace Burrington), - Cooke, C. Montague (Charles Montague), - Hyatt, Alpheus, - Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1900). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Second series, Pulmonata (2 ed.). Philadelphia: published by the authors. p. 224. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Sutcharit C., Ablett J., Tongkerd P., Naggs F. & Panha S. (2015). "Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys. 492: 57. Retrieved 25 March 2025.