Amphidromus comes

Amphidromus comes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. comes
Binomial name
Amphidromus comes (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Synonyms
Amphidromus atricallosus vovanaeThach, 2019 Amphidromus dongaiensisThach, 2018 Amphidromus hueaeThach & F. Huber, 2016 Amphidromus ngocngaiThach, 2017 Amphidromus vietnamensisThach & F. Huber, 2017 Bulimus comesL. Pfeiffer, 1861 Cochlostyla polymorphaTapparone Canefri, 1874 (original combination)

Amphidromus comes 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 46.7 mm, its diameter 28.1 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The imperforate shell is conico-oblong, rather thick and longitudinally very finely striated. It is glossy, pale lemon-yellow variegated with brownish streaks or flames above and greenish streaks below, often confluent.

The spire is conical with a single varix. The pale apex is somewhat blunt. The suture is submarginate. The shell contains 7 whorls. These are somewhat convex, the body whorl nearly equaling the spire. They are faintly and obliquely streaked with green flames. The aperture is white internally and is axe-shaped. The columella is somewhat vertical. The peristome is thickened, moderately expanded, white, with a thick white parietal callus. ^[2]

Habitat

This species lives in trees. ^[3]

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Singapore.

References

1. "Amphidromus comes". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. Tapparone Canefri, C. (1874). "Zoologia del viaggio intorno al globo della regia fregata Magenta durante gli anni 1865-68". Malacologia (Gasteropodi, Acefali e Brachiopodi).: 82. Retrieved 16 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. p. 48. ISBN   9780578194325. OCLC   1002065968.

• 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.
• Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp.
• Thach N.N. (2019). Amphidromus atricallosus vovanae, a new subspecies of Amphidromus from Vietnam (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Camaenidae). Gloria Maris. 57(3): 84-87.
• Schileyko, A. A. (2011). Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ruthenica. 21(1): 1-68.

External links

• Pfeiffer, L. (1861). "Descriptions of new land-shells, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 29 (12–13): 193. Retrieved 16 April 2025.