Amphidromus moniliferus

Amphidromus moniliferus
Shell of Amphidromus moniliferus (possibly syntype at Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. moniliferus
Binomial name
Amphidromus moniliferus (Gould, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
Amphidromus (Syndromus) moniliferus(A. Gould, 1846) alternative representation Amphidromus theobaldianus(W. H. Benson, 1857) junior subjective synonym Bulimus moniliferusA. Gould, 1846 superseded combination Bulimus (Rhachis) theobaldianusW. H. Benson, 1857 junior subjective synonym

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to Myanmar.

Description

The height of the shell attains 30.5 mm, its diameter 17.75 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is conico-oblong and typically sinistral. It is smooth and yellowish-gray with longitudinal flames. It features a linear brown sutural band and an interrupted brown subsutural band. The umbilical region is brown, divided by a yellow band. The shell comprises seven whorls, with the body whorl subcarinate. The aperture is subovate, angled, and slightly effuse at the base. The outer lip is reflexed, reddish-purple, and dilated at the columella. The aperture interior is purple. ^[2]

References

1. Amphidromus moniliferus (A. Gould, 1846) . 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. 184. Retrieved 2 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Gould, A.A. (1843). "Shells not long since announced as having been received from the Rev. Francis Mason, missionary at Tavoy, in British Burmah". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 1: 140. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
• Benson, W.H. (1857). "New species of Bulimus from India, Burma and the Mauritius". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 2. 2 (112): 229–230. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
• 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.