Amphidromus maculiferus

Amphidromus maculiferus
Shell of Amphidromus maculiferus maculiferus (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. maculiferus
Binomial name
Amphidromus maculiferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
Synonyms
Bulimus maculiferus(G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Bulinus maculiferusBroderip, 1841 (junior objective synonym and homonym) Bulinus maculiferusG. B. Sowerby I, 1838 superseded combination

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus maculiferus apoensisBartsch, 1917
• Amphidromus maculiferus maculiferus(G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
• Amphidromus maculiferus malindangensisBartsch, 1917

Description

The length of the shell attains 63.5 mm, its diameter 28.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is usually sinistral and elongate-pyramidal. It comprises six somewhat ventricose (swollen) whorls, with the body whorl appearing much the largest. The surface exhibits oblique longitudinal striations formed by growth lines. The aperture presents an ovate shape, and the outer lip appears somewhat outwardly spreading, reflected, and is white. ^[2]

Distribution

The type species was found on Mindanao Island, the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia.

Synonyms

• Amphidromus maculiferus bartschiLaidlaw & Solem, 1961 : synonym of Amphidromus buluanensis Bartsch, 1917 (junior subjective synonym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus boholensisBartsch, 1917: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor boholensisBartsch, 1917 (basionym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus buluanensisBartsch, 1917: synonym of Amphidromus buluanensis Bartsch, 1917 (superseded rank)
• Amphidromus maculiferus cataganensisBartsch, 1917: synonym of Amphidromus maculiferus malindangensisBartsch, 1917
• Amphidromus maculiferus cosmiusBartsch, 1917: synonym of Amphidromus chloris (Reeve, 1848): synonym of Amphidromus sulphuratus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
• Forma Amphidromus maculiferus f. buluanensisBartsch, 1917: synonym of Amphidromus buluanensis Bartsch, 1917 (superseded rank)
• Amphidromus maculiferus graciliorFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor graciliorFulton, 1896 (superseded combination)
• Amphidromus maculiferus inflatusFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus inflatus Fulton, 1896
• Amphidromus maculiferus multicolorMöllendorff, 1893: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor Möllendorff, 1893 (basionym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus obscuraFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus maculiferus maculiferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus samarensisBartsch, 1917: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor samarensisBartsch, 1917 (basionym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus strigatusFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor graciliorFulton, 1896 (junior synonym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus var. graciliorFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor graciliorFulton, 1896 (basionym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus var. gracillimusKobelt, 1914: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor graciliorFulton, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus var. inflatusFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus inflatus Fulton, 1896 (basionym)
• Amphidromus maculiferus var. obscuraFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus maculiferus maculiferus(G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
• Amphidromus maculiferus var. strigataFulton, 1896: synonym of Amphidromus multicolor graciliorFulton, 1896
• Amphidromus maculiferus webbiBartsch, 1919: synonym of Amphidromus maculiferus bartschiLaidlaw & Solem, 1961: synonym of Amphidromus buluanensis Bartsch, 1917 (invalid: junior homonym of Amphidromus webbiFulton, 1907; A. bartschi is a replacement name)

References

1. Amphidromus maculiferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) . 1 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Broderip, W.J. (1841). "Descriptions of species of Bulinus collected by H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 9: 14. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

• Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832–1841). The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London: published by the authors. p. pl. 145, fig. 100.
• Laidlaw, F. F. & Solem, A. (1961). "The land snail genus Amphidromus. A synoptic catalogue". Fieldiana: Zoology. 41: 537.

External links

• Möllendorff, O.F. von (1898). "Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken". Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 149.
• Möllendorff, O.F. von (1894). "Zur Molluskenfauna der Sulu-Inseln". Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 16 (11–12): 210–211. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
• Bartsch, P. (1917). "The Philippine land shells of the genus Amphidromus". United States National Museum Bulletin. 100 (1): 10.
• Smith, E.A. (1894). "On the land-shells of the Sulu Archipelago". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (13): 55.
• Barnett, J.L. (1986). "Philippine land snails: Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago". Hawaiian Shell News. 34 (3): fig. 3.
• Semper, C. (1870–1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. p. 146.