Amphidromus sinistralis

Amphidromus sinistralis
A shell of Amphidromus sinistralis roseus (lectotype at Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. sinistralis
Binomial name
Amphidromus sinistralis (Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms
Amphidromus (Syndromus) sinistralis(Reeve, 1849) alternative representation Bulimus sinistralisReeve, 1849 superseded combination

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus sinistralis luteus(E. von Martens, 1867)
• Amphidromus sinistralis roseusFulton, 1896
• Amphidromus sinistralis sinistralis(Reeve, 1849)

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.3 mm, its diameter 18.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat acuminately oblong and rather thick, exhibiting a sinistral coiling and being scarcely umbilicated. It comprises seven whorls that appear somewhat rounded and obliquely striated. The columella is reflected, and the aperture is rather small with a reflected outer lip. The shell displays a yellow base color marbled with olive-green, while the interior of the aperture is a very dark brown, and the lip is white. ^[2]

Distribution

The type species was found in Java and Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

1. Amphidromus sinistralis (Reeve, 1849) . 12 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Reeve, L.A. (1848–1850). Monograph of the genus Bulimus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 5. London: L. Reeve & Co. p. 81. Retrieved 12 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Semper, C. (1870–1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. p. 146.
• 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. 232. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• 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): 57. Bibcode:2015ZooK..492...49S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641 . PMID   25878542.