Amphidromus masoni
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| Shell of Amphidromus masoni (lectotype at Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. masoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus masoni (Godwin-Austen, 1876)
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Amphidromus masoni is a species of air-breathing, arboreal land snails in the family Camaenidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Assam, India.
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 30.5 mm, its diameter 12.75 mm.
(Original description) This sinistral shell is acuminately oblong, thick, with a rather flattened spire. It comprises seven smooth and glossy whorls, exhibiting fine spiral striations under magnification. The shell's color is sea-green, intensifying below the keel and fading towards the apex. The columella is dark purple, and a narrow fillet of the same color closely borders the suture below, originating at the upper and outer angle of the aperture. The aperture is oval, angular above, with a slightly reflected lip. The body whorl is slightly keeled.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Amphidromus masoni (Godwin-Austen, 1876). 3 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Blanford, W.T. (1914). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma ... ed. by W.T. Blanford. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 181. Retrieved 2 April 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: 503-677.
- Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.
External links
[edit]- Godwin-Austen, H.H. (1877). "On the Helicidae collected during the Expedition into the Dafla Hills, Assam". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 45: 316.
- Nevill, G. (1881). "New or little-known Mollusca of the Indo-Malayan fauna". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 50 (3): 134.
- 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. 189. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Dey, A., Barua, S. & Mitra, S. C. (1985). "Namdapha Biosphere Reserve: Mollusca". Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 82 (1–4): 269–270.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Sutcharit, Chirasak; Panha, Somsak (2006). "Taxonomic review of the tree snail Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) in Thailand and adjacent areas: Subgenus Amphidromus". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72 (1): 1–30. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyi044.
