Amphidromus begini

Amphidromus begini
Shell of Amphidromus begini (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. begini
Binomial name
Amphidromus begini (Morlet, 1886)
Synonyms
Bulimus (Amphidromus) beginiMorlet, 1886 (original combination)

Amphidromus begini is a species of medium-sized air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm, its diameter 13 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The thin, sinistral shell is rimulate, subfusiform and glossy. It is whitish, ornamented with irregular chestnut-brown flames and longitudinal riblets, occasionally bifurcating. The spire is elevated. The 6-7 convex whorls are separated by a subcrenulate suture. The three initial whorls are smooth, with a chestnut-black apex. The subsequent whorls are ribbed. The body whorl comprises two-thirds of the length. The aperture is basally subangular. The peristome is chestnut-brown, slightly thickened and reflected, its margins discontinuous with the columellar margin obscuring the umbilical rim. ^[2]

Habitat

This species lives in trees. ^[3]

Distribution

The type locality of this sinistral species is Cambodia.

References

1. Amphidromus begini (Morlet, 1886) . 9 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Morlet, L. (1886). "Diagnoses molluscorum novorum Cambodgiae". Journal de Conchyliologie. 34 (1): 74. Retrieved 9 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Thach, Nguyen Ngoc (2017). New shells of southeast Asia : sea shells & land snails : with 2 new genera and 85 new species. Akron, Ohio: 48HourBooks. p. 38. ISBN   9780578194325. OCLC   1002065968.

• Laidlaw, F. F. & Solem, A. (1961). The land snail genus Amphidromus. A synoptic catalogue. Fieldiana: Zoology. 41: 503–677.

External links

• Tryon, George W; 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. 188. 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): 49. Bibcode:2015ZooK..492...49S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641 . hdl: 10141/607106 .