Amphidromus naggsi

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Amphidromus naggsi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. naggsi
Binomial name
Amphidromus naggsi
Thach & Huber, 2014

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

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Habitat

Ground dwellers, living among litter around trees. [1]

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam. [1]

Etymology

This species is named after Prof. Fred Naggs from U.K.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Thạch, Nguyễn, Ngọc (2016). Vietnamese new mollusks : seashells, landsnails, cephalopods : with 59 new species. Akron, Ohio. pp. 67, 68. ISBN   978-0578182247. OCLC   964521979.