Amphidromus capistratus

Amphidromus capistratus
Shell of Amphidromus capistratus (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. capistratus
Binomial name
Amphidromus capistratus E. von Martens, 1903
Synonyms
Amphidromus (Amphidromus) capistratusE. von Martens, 1903 alternative representation Amphidromus martensi var. capistratusE. von Martens, 1903 (original rank)

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus capistratus capistratusE. von Martens, 1903
• Amphidromus capistratus chuaiJ. Parsons, 2018

Description

The length of this sinister shell varies between 39 mm and 47 mm, its diameter between 23 mm and 25.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is fusiform ovate. It is yellow, with a rather narrow white sutural band, and an olive-green basal band on the body whorl, and streaks of the same color behind the aperture, both angularly joined. The aperture's height nearly equals the shell's length. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Eastern Borneo.

References

1. Amphidromus capistratus E. von Martens, 1903 . 12 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Martens, E. von (1903). "). Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien von Ost-Borneo". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 903 (8): 424. Retrieved 12 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .