Amphidromus winteri

Amphidromus winteri
Shell of Amphidromus winteri inauris (lectotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. winteri
Binomial name
Amphidromus winteri (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
Synonyms
Bulimus winteriL. Pfeiffer, 1849 unaccepted (original combination)

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

Subspecies

• Amphidromus winteri inaurisFulton, 1896
• Amphidromus winteri winteri(L. Pfeiffer, 1849)

Description

The length of this shell attains 49.4 mm, its diameter 30 mm.

The shell can be either sinistral or dextral. It is openly perforate, and ovate-conic, appearing rather ventricose and solid, though hardly shining. Its surface exhibits strong and irregular wrinkle-like striations and is typically plicate, with the folds wave-like, irregular, and becoming obsolete below the periphery. The shell presents a white, pale straw- or sulfur-tinted, or pale rufous coloration, usually unicolored but sometimes streaked. Comprising six to seven moderately convex whorls, the shell features a slightly oblique aperture that is whitish or pale yellow within. The peristome is white, reflexed, and recurved at the edge. The columella is thick and vertical; and the parietal callus is white. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Java, Indonesia.

References

1. Amphidromus winteri (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) . 14 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. 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. 137. Retrieved 14 May 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Laidlaw, F. F. & Solem, A. (1961). "The land snail genus Amphidromus. A synoptic catalogue". Fieldiana: Zoology. 41: 557.