Amphidromus consobrinus

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Amphidromus consobrinus
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Shell of Amphidromus consobrinus (lectotype at the Natural History Muyseum, London)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. consobrinus
Binomial name
Amphidromus consobrinus
Fulton, 1897

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 32 mm, its diameter 15 mm.

(Original description) The sinistral shell is oblong-conicand narrowly perforate. The shell contains six convex whorls, on the lower portion fading yellow to dull white towards the apex. The initial three whorls are semitransparent flesh-colored, tipped with dark brown. The body whorl is obsoletely keeled at the periphery, exhibiting a narrow greyish-blue band just above the umbilical region, spirally continuing onto the parietal wall. The outer lip and the columella are pale purple, connected by a thin reddish-brown callus. The outer lip is slightly expanded and reflected. The aperture interior is white. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to south Flores, Indonesia.

References

  1. Amphidromus consobrinus Fulton, 1897 . 16 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Fulton, H. (1897). "Descriptions of two new species of Amphidromus". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6 (20): 211. Retrieved 16 April 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .