Amphidromus lepidus

Amphidromus lepidus
Shell of Amphidromus lepidus (syntype at Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. lepidus
Binomial name
Amphidromus lepidus (Gould, 1856)
Synonyms [1]
Bulimus lepidusA. Gould, 1856 superseded combination

Amphidromus lepidus is a species of air-breathing, arboreal land snails in the family Camaenidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar.

Description

The height of the shell attains 22.5 mm, its diameter 12.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This small shell, predominantly sinistral, is nearly imperforate, ovate-conical, elevated, and polished. It displays a lemon-yellow hue. It comprises six convex whorls, with the body whorl being ventricose. The suture is well-defined. The aperture is subcircular. The peristome is white, reflexed, and dilated at the columella, with closely positioned extremities. ^[2]

References

1. Amphidromus lepidus (A. Gould, 1856) . 3 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Blanford, W.T. (1914). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma ... ed. by W.T. Blanford. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 182. Retrieved 2 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Gould, A.A. (1856). "descriptions of shells". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 6: 12. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
• Tryon, George W., (George Washington), - Baker, H. Burrington (Horace Burrington), - Cooke, C. Montague (Charles Montague), - Hyatt, Alpheus, - Pilsbry, Henry Augustus (1900). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species. Second series, Pulmonata (2 ed.). Philadelphia: published by the authors. p. 190. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Sutcharit, Chirasak; Panha, Somsak (2006). "Taxonomic review of the tree snail Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) in Thailand and adjacent areas: Subgenus Amphidromus". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72 (1): 1–30. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyi044.