Amphidromus adamsii

Amphidromus adamsii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Amphidromus adamsii
a live Amphidromus adamsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Camaenidae
Subfamily:
Camaeninae
Genus:
Amphidromus
Subgenus:
Syndromus
Species:
A. adamsii
Binomial name
Amphidromus adamsii
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Amphidromus adamsi (Reeve, 1848) (misspelling of species name)
  • Bulimus adamsii Reeve, 1848 (original combination)

The variety Amphidromus adamsii var. obliquatus E. von Martens, 1903 is a taxon inquirendum,(use in recent literature currently undocumented)

Distribution

The type species was found in Borneo.

References
    • Adams, A. (1848). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 2: 223-532


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