Amphidromus glaucolarynx

Amphidromus glaucolarynx
Shell of Amphidromus glaucolarynx (lectotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. glaucolarynx
Binomial name
Amphidromus glaucolarynx (Dohrn, 1861)
Synonyms
Amphidromus glaucolarynx albicansMöllendorff, 1902 (junior synonym) Bulimus glaucolarynxDohrn, 1861 (original combination) Bulimus schomburgki fasciatusE. von Martens, 1867 junior objective synonym (invalid: unjustified replacement name for Bulimus glaucolarynx)

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

This is the only one amphidromine (left-handed and right-handed snails occur in the population) species in the subgenus Syndromus. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 44.2 mm, its diameter 20.1 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell presents a slit-like umbilicus and exhibits an ovate-turreted shape. It feels rather thin and smooth, lying under a horny yellow epidermis that is broadly streaked and banded with bluish- or purplish-brown. The spire has a conical shape and is somewhat blunt, displaying a purple coloration, rarely livid. The suture is submarginate and broadly white-banded. The shell comprisies 6-7 somewhat convex whorls. The body whorl equals 3/4 of the shell's length and is somewhat angled at the base, being encircled by a broad straw-colored band. The aperture is oblique and semi-oval, appearing effuse at the base and violet inside. The peristome is expanded and violet, with its margins joined by a thin callus. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in Thailand.

References

1. Amphidromus glaucolarynx Dohrn, 1861 . 23 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Chan S.-Y. & Tan S.-K. (2008). "On a new species of Amphidromus (Syndromus) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from Sumba Island, Indonesia". Occasional Molluscan Papers1: 6-10. PDF Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine , Internet Archive
3. Dohrn, H. (1861). "Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1861: 207. Retrieved 23 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Möllendorff, O.F. von (1902). "Binnenmollusken aus Hinterindien. 2. Neue Arten und Unterarten von Fruhstorfer in Siam Gesammelt". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 34 (9–10): 157.
• Martens, E. von (1867). Die Landschnecken. Die Preussische Expedition nach Ost-Asien. Nach amtlichen Quellen. Zoologischer Teil. Zweiter Band: XII. Vol. Bd.2. Berlin: Königliche Geheime Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei. p. 80.
• 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): 70. Bibcode:2015ZooK..492...49S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641 . PMC   4389215 . PMID   25878542.
• Solem, A. (1965). "Land snails of the genus Amphidromus from Thailand (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 117 (3519): 618. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.117-3519.615.