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Amphidromus everetti

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Amphidromus everetti
Shell of Amphidromus everetti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. everetti
Binomial name
Amphidromus everetti
Fulton, 1896

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

Subspecies
  • Amphidromus everetti connectens Fulton, 1896 (synonym: Amphidromus everetti var. connectens Fulton, 1896)
  • Amphidromus everetti everetti Fulton, 1896

Description

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The length of the shell attains 40 mm, its diameter 18 mm.

(Original description) This sinistral shell is ovate-conic, with a nearly or fully obscured umbilicus and oblique striations. It comprises 6.75 slightly convex whorls. The upper whorls are yellow, marked with oblique, forked, dark brown stripes. The body whorl is nearly or entirely covered with greyish-brown. A yellow band encircles the shell below the periphery, and a narrow spiral band, either red or yellow, is present at the suture. The umbilical area is pink. The columella is erect, pale pink at its upper part, and slightly expanded. The outer lip is dark brown, expanded, and reflected.[2]

Distribution

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The type species was found on Palawan, the Philippines.

References

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  • Thach N.N. (2019). Amphidromus huynhanhi, a new species (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from Laos. Conchylia. 50(1-4): 11-14.

page(s): pl. 1 fig. 11

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  • Möllendorff, O.F. von (1898). "Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken". Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 150.
  • Sutcharit C., Ablett J., Tongkerd P., Naggs F. & Panha S. (2015). "Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species". ZooKeys. 492: 57. Retrieved 25 March 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)