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Amphidromus dubius

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Amphidromus dubius
Shell of Amphidromus dubius (lectotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. dubius
Binomial name
Amphidromus dubius
Fulton, 1896
Synonyms
  • Amphidromus quadrasi aborlanensis Bartsch, 1946 junior subjective synonym
  • Amphidromus quadrasi dubius Fulton, 1896 superseded rank
  • Amphidromus quadrasi f. dubius Fulton, 1896
  • Amphidromus versicolor aborlanensis Bartsch, 1946

Amphidromus dubius is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 31.5 mm, its diameter 18 mm.

(Original description) This sinistral shell is ovate to oblong-conic, obliquely striated, and subangulate at the periphery, lacking an umbilicus. It consists of six convex whorls, with the first three being semi-transparent. The lower whorls are cream-colored with oblique, often branched, bluish-grey stripes. A spiral yellow band encircles the lower portion of the body whorl, which itself transitions to either bluish-grey or a greenish tint in its last half. The apex is dark brown. The columella is thin, white, and slightly expanded above. The outer lip is expanded and somewhat reflected, also white. The aperture interior is dark brown.[2]

Distribution

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The type species was found on Balabac Island, the Philippines.

References

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  • Thach N.N. (2019). Amphidromus huynhanhi, a new species (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from Laos. Conchylia. 50(1-4): 11-14. page(s): pl. 1 fig. 9
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  • 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. Retrieved 25 March 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Bartsch, P. (1946). "Three new subspecies of Amphidromus versicolor from the Philippine Islands". The Nautilus. 60 (2): 64-65.
  • Möllendorff, O.F. von (1898). "Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken". Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 150.