Amphidromus roeseleri
| Amphidromus roeseleri | |
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| Shell of Amphidromus roeseleri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. roeseleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus roeseleri Möllendorff, 1894
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| Synonyms | |
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Amphidromus bilatanensis Bartsch, 1917 | |
Amphidromus roeseleri is a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 47 mm, its diameter 27 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The sinistral shell is semi-obtectly perforate (partially covering the opening), presenting an ovate-conical shape and a solid structure. Its surface appears transversely slightly striatulate (with fine grooves) and is decussated (criss-crossed) by very fine and close-set but very distinct spiral lines, giving it a silky, white appearance. The spire is moderately elongate with somewhat convex sides and a blunt apex. The shell contains six moderately convex whorls. The body whorl reaches almost the middle height of the shell. The aperture lies moderately oblique and has a somewhat ear-shaped form. The peristome appears rather broadly expanded, white-lipped, and somewhat reflected. The columella is straight and striated, forming a somewhat distinct angle with the basal margin, and is very callous (thickened), dilated (widened), and revolute (turned back) above, almost covering the perforation.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to the Sulu Archipelago,the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ Amphidromus roeseleri Möllendorff, 1894. 8 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Möllendorff, O.F. von (1894). "Zur Molluskenfauna der Sulu-Inseln". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 16 (11–12): 210–211. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Poppe G.T. (2020). Philippine Amphidromus. A taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle. Visaya. Supplement 15: 86 pp.
External links
[edit]- 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. 144. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Bartsch, P. (1917). "The Philippine land shells of the genus Amphidromus". United States National Museum Bulletin. 100 (1): 23. Retrieved 8 May 2025.