Amphidromus buelowi

Amphidromus buelowi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. buelowi
Binomial name
Amphidromus buelowi Fruhstorfer, 1905
Synonyms [1]
Amphidromus (Amphidromus) asperF. Haas, 1934 alternative representation Amphidromus (Goniodromus) asperF. Haas, 1934 (basionym) Amphidromus (Goniodromus) buelowiFruhstorfer, 1905 alternative representation Amphidromus (Goniodromus) bulowiFruhstorfer, 1905 (incorrect subsequent spelling) Amphidromus (Goniodromus) bülowiFruhstorfer, 1905 (correction of diacritical mark mandatory) Amphidromus asperF. Haas, 1934 junior subjective synonym Amphidromus bulowiFruhstorfer, 1905 misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling Amphidromus bülowiFruhstorfer, 1905 (correction of diacritical mark mandatory) Amphidromus franzhuberiThach, 2016 junior subjective synonym

Amphidromus buelowi is a species of large-sized air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

• Amphidromus buelowi buelowiFruhstorfer, 1905
• Amphidromus buelowi malalakensisJ. Parsons & Abbas, 2016

Description

The height of the shell varies between 45.3 mm and 51.1 mm, its width between 26.2 mm and 26.6 mm

This chirally dimorphic species has large-sized swollen yellow-brown shell with black zigzag lines. ^[2]

(Original description in German) The shell consists of 7 flattened whorls with a gray ground color, transitioning to yellowish in younger specimens, marked by broad, randomly intersecting black zigzag lines. The aperture lip is wide and white. The characteristic angularity is evident on the body whorl's anterior margin as a prominent keel. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in Sumatra, Indonesia and in Đắk Lắk Province, Central Vietnam. ^[2]

References

1. Amphidromus buelowi Fruhstorfer, 1905 . 8 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Nguyễn, Ngọc Thạch (2017). New Shells of Southeastern Asia. 48HrBooks Company. p. 37. ISBN   978-0-578-19432-5.
3. Fruhstorfer, H. (1905). "Ein neuer Amphidromus". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 37: 83-84. Retrieved 8 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Thach N.N. (2016). Vietnamese new mollusks. Seashells – Land snails – Cephalopods. With 59 new species. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 157 pp.
• Haas, F. (1934). Neue Landschnecken des Senckenberg-Museums. Senckenbergiana. 16 (2/3): 94-98.

External links

• Jirapatrasilp, P., Huang, Chih-Wei, Sutcharit, C., Lee, Chi-Tse. (2024). "The arboreal snail genus Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae) of Southeast Asia: 1. Molecular systematics of some Vietnamese species and related species from Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos". ZooKeys (1196): 15–78. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1196...15J. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.112146 . PMID   38560093.