Amphidromus multicolor

Amphidromus multicolor
Shell of Amphidromus multicolor gracilior (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. multicolor
Binomial name
Amphidromus multicolor Möllendorff, 1893
Synonyms
Amphidromus maculiferus multicolorMöllendorff, 1893 (basionym)

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus multicolor boholensisBartsch, 1917
• Amphidromus multicolor graciliorFulton, 1896
• Amphidromus multicolor multicolorMöllendorff, 1893
• Amphidromus multicolor samarensisBartsch, 1917

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell appears smaller and yellowish. It is painted with reddish-brown, brown, and greenish streaks, often displaying a flammulated pattern. ^[2]

(Description as Amphidromus multicolor gracilior) The shell is white and features oblique, semi-transparent, pale horn-colored stripes. The apical whorls are generally filleted. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Philippines.

References

1. Amphidromus multicolor Möllendorff, 1893 . 3 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Möllendorff, O.F. von (1893). "Materialien zur Fauna der Philippinen. XI. Die Insel Leyte". Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 1893/1893: 99. Retrieved 3 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Fulton Hugh C. (1896a) A list of the species of Amphidromus Albers, with critical notes and descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species and varieties. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6 vol. 17: p. 84 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Poppe G.T. (2020). Philippine Amphidromus. A taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle. Visaya. Supplement 15: 86 pp.