Amphidromus cambojiensis

Amphidromus cambojiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. cambojiensis
Binomial name
Amphidromus cambojiensis (Reeve, 1860)
Synonyms
Amphidromus (Amphidromus) cambojiensis(Reeve, 1860) alternative representation Amphidromus lamdongensisThach & F. Huber, 2016 junior subjective synonym Amphidromus montesdeocaiThach & F. Huber, 2017 junior subjective synonym Amphidromus schileykoiThach, 2016 junior subjective synonym Bulimus cambojiensisReeve, 1860 (original combination)

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 66.6 mm, its diameter 35.1 mm. ^[2]

(Original description) The shell is sinistral or dextral. It is cylindrically ovate, thick, robust, and pupiform in the spire. It is bluish-white with a faint fawn tint, clouded with oblique, indistinct, wash-like zigzag flames of the same darker hue. The shell contains seven smooth, somewhat bulbous whorls. These are faintly concave below the suture. The aperture is ovate, moderately sized, exhibiting a prominent, opaque, milk-white callus across the body whorl and over the thickly reflected outer lip. The interior is stained with a beautiful iridescent violet-rose. ^[3]

This species has a relatively large shell and an ovate to elongate conical shape. It possesses a thin corneous periostracum, with irregular brown to dark brown radial streaks on the shell ground colour, and a bright purplish pink or violet colour on the inner side of outer wall. ^[4]

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Cambodia. ^[5]

References

1. Amphidromus cambojiensis (Reeve, 1860) . 12 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. 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): 49–105. Bibcode:2015ZooK..492...49S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641 . hdl: 10141/607106 .
3. Reeve, L.A. (1860). "On two new species of shells from Cambojia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3. 6 (33): 204. Retrieved 12 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. irapatrasilp P, Huang C-W, Sutcharit C, Lee C-T (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 . PMC   10980882 . PMID   38560093.
5. Panha, Somsak; Naggs, Fred; Tongkerd, Piyoros; Ablett, Jonathan; Sutcharit, Chirasak (2015-03-30). "Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys (492): 49–105. Bibcode:2015ZooK..492...49S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   4389215 . PMID   25878542.

• Schileyko, A. A. (2011). Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ruthenica. 21(1): 1-68.
• Thach N.N. (2016). Vietnamese new mollusks. Seashells – Land snails – Cephalopods. With 59 new species. Akron, Ohio: 48Hrs Book Company. 157 pp.
• Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. Akron, Ohio: 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp.