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Amphidromus maculatus

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Amphidromus maculatus
Shell of Amphidromus maculatus maculatus (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. maculatus
Binomial name
Amphidromus maculatus
Fulton, 1896
Synonyms
  • Amphidromus (Syndromus) maculatus Fulton, 1896 alternative representation
  • Amphidromus contrarius maculatus Fulton, 1896 superseded combination
  • Amphidromus contrarius var. maculata Fulton, 1896

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

Subspecies
  • Amphidromus maculatus bungiensis Pilsbry, 1900
  • Amphidromus maculatus maculatus Fulton, 1896

Description

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The length of the shell attains 37 mm, its diameter 20 mm.

(Original description) This shell is shorter and somewhat thinner than Amphidromus contrarius, with less convex whorls. The interrupted markings of this species are smaller and more widely spaced, fading on the body whorl. The last half-whorl is plain, except for two basal bands. A spiral band of equidistant small brown spots encircles the suture of the upper whorls just below.[2]

Distribution

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The type species was found on Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

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  • 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. 202. Retrieved 15 May 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.