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Amphidromus costifer E. A. Smith 1895

Amphidromus costifer

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

Subspecies
  • Amphidromus costifer costifer E. A. Smith, 1893
  • Amphidromus costifer gemmalimae Thach, 2020

Description

A large and thick Amphidromus species with strong growth lines. The holotype is 46.5 mm in height, and 29.0 mm in width.[1]

Distribution

The type locality is Annam in Central Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Sutcharit, Chirasak (2015). "Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys: 65.
  • Schileyko, A. A. (2011). Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ruthenica. 21 (1): 1-68.

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Amphidromus costifer: Brief Summary

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

Subspecies Amphidromus costifer costifer E. A. Smith, 1893 Amphidromus costifer gemmalimae Thach, 2020
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