Amphidromus heinrichhuberi

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Amphidromus heinrichhuberi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. heinrichhuberi
Binomial name
Amphidromus heinrichhuberi
Thach & F. Huber, 2016

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

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Morphology

This species is easy to be distinguished from other Amphidromus species by the large adult size, presence of a prominent ridge bordering siphonal fasciole and unique yellow and green periostracum. [2]

Distribution

The type locality is Lâm Đồng Province in south Vietnam. [2]

Etymology

This species is named after Heinrich Huber, father of the second author, Franz Huber, who provided the type material. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphidromus heinrichhuberi Thach & F. Huber, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Thạch, Nguyễn Ngọc. Vietnamese new mollusks : seashells, landsnails, cephalopods : with 59 new species. Akron, Ohio. pp. 65, 66. ISBN   0578182246. OCLC   964521979.
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