Amphidromus similis

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Amphidromus similis
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Apertural view of the shell of holotype of Amphidromus similis from Mount Dadap, Borneo.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. similis
Binomial name
Amphidromus similis
Pilsbry, 1900

Amphidromus similis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

Borneo

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