Amphidromus porcellanus

Amphidromus porcellanus
Shell of Amphidromus porcellanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. porcellanus
Binomial name
Amphidromus porcellanus (Mousson, 1848)
Synonyms
Amphidromus (Syndromus) porcellanus(Mousson, 1849) alternative representation Bulimus porcellanusMousson, 1849 superseded combination

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus porcellanus gistingensisDharma, 2021
• Amphidromus porcellanus porcellanus(Mousson, 1849)

Reproductive system of Amphidromus porcellanus shows main characteristics of genus Amphidromus: long receptaculum seminis, and short penis with low insertion of retractor muscle. (See notes on the image.)

The jaw of the genus Amphidromus is thin and weak with low flat ribs as it is seen on this jaw of Amphidromus porcellanus.

Description

(Original description in Latin) The sinistral shell is elongate-conical, appearing scarcely perforate. It is thin and very glossy. It is elegantly ornamented with yellowish-white spots and brown bands. Comprising six convex whorls that increase regularly, it features a very dark apex. The body whorl measures 2/5 the length of the shell, displaying two decurrent bands below and remote, simple flammules (flame-like markings) above, all intersected by a median white line. The aperture presents a broadly ovate shape with translucent diaphanous bands. The columella appears somewhat arched, and the peristome is slightly reflected and pure white. ^[2]

Anatomy

The anatomy of this species was described by Carl Arend Friedrich Wiegmann in 1898. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Java, Indonesia.

References

1. Amphidromus porcellanus (Mousson, 1849) . 6 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zürich: Friedrich Schulthess. p. 33. Retrieved 6 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. (in German) Wiegmann C. A. F. (1898). "Landmollusken (Stylommatophoren)". Zootomischer Teil. Abhl. Sencken. Naturf. Gesell.24(3): 519-523, plate 31, figure 12-29.

External links

• 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. 201. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .