Amphidromus suspectus

Amphidromus suspectus
Shell of Amphidromus suspectus albolabiatus (syntype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. suspectus
Binomial name
Amphidromus suspectus (E. von Martens, 1864)
Synonyms
Bulimus suspectusE. von Martens, 1864 superseded combination

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus suspectus albolabiatusFulton, 1896

Description

The length of this shell attains 31 mm, its diameter 17.5 mm

(Original description in Latin) The sinistral shell is ovate-conical, exhibiting a slightly striatulate and somewhat glossy surface with a yellowish-white base color. It is painted at the base with two black and two yellow bands, and features a pink umbilical region and a brownish-black apex. Comprising six somewhat convex whorls, the shell possesses an ovate aperture that occupies three-sevenths to four-ninths of its length. The peristome appears moderately thickened and shortly expanded, displaying a brownish-violet hue. The columellar margin is strongly dilated and reflected, showing a bifid (two-pronged) and paler appearance, and features a single tooth-like projection on the parietal callus at the outer angle. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Timor Island.

References

1. Amphidromus suspectus (E. von Martens, 1864) . 13 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Martens, E. von (1864). "Diagnosen neuer Heliceen aus dem ostasiatischen Archipel". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademien der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1864: 526. Retrieved 13 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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. 213. Retrieved 15 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Jutting, T. van (1929). "Non-marine Mollusca of Sumba". Treubia. 10 (2–3). Retrieved 13 May 2025.