Amphidromus schomburgki

Amphidromus schomburgki
Shell of Amphidromus schomburgki (syntype atMNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. schomburgki
Binomial name
Amphidromus schomburgki (Pfeiffer, 1860)
Synonyms
Amphidromus (Amphidromus) moellendorffiHaas, 1934 (junior synonym) Amphidromus (Syndromus) friedaeThach & F. Huber, 2016 Amphidromus friedaeThach & F. Huber, 2016 (junior synonym) Amphidromus kobeltiMöllendorff, 1902 (junior synonym) Amphidromus moellendorffiHaas, 1934 (junior synonym) Bulimus crosseiL. Pfeiffer, 1862 (junior synonym) Bulimus schomburgkiPfeiffer, 1860 (original combination)

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus schomburgki dextrochlorusSutcharit & Panha, 2006
• Amphidromus schomburgki schomburgki(Pfeiffer, 1860)

Description

The length of the shell attains 48 mm, its diameter 23 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is nearly imperforate and can be either dextral or sinistral. It exhibits a solid structure and a finely striated surface. It features a greenish subepidermis that appears more darkly lined and radially worn white. The spire presents a conical shape with a somewhat acute, dark violet apex. The shell contains seven somewhat convex whorls, the uppermost display violet bands, while the body whorl is shorter than the spire and tapers at the base. The columella is inflated, somewhat straight, and violet in color. The aperture lies slightly oblique and has a truncate-oval form, appearing white inside. The peristome is thickened and reflected, showing a lilac hue, with its margins joined by a blackish-chestnut callus. The columellar margin is dilated, arching-reflected, and somewhat adnate. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Thailand.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphidromus schomburgki (Pfeiffer, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245816 on 2020-05-17
2. Pfeiffer, L. (1860). "Description of thirty-six new species of land shells from Mr. H. Cuming's Collection". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28 (1): 137. Retrieved 8 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Haas, F. (1934). Neue Landschnecken des Senckenberg-Museums. Senckenbergiana. 16 (2/3): 94-98.

External links

• Pfeiffer L. (1862). Diagnoses de neuf espèces nouvelles provenant de Siam. Journal de Conchyliologie. 10(1): 39-46
• 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. 182. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1902). Binnenmollusken aus Hinterindien. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 34(9-10): 153-162
• Sutcharit, C.; Panha, S. (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
• Sutcharit C., Ablett J., Tongkerd P., Naggs F. & Panha S. (2015). "Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys (492): 89. Bibcode:2015ZooK..492...49S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641 . PMC   4389215 . PMID   25878542.