Amphibulima

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Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
Amphibulima
A live individual of Amphibulima patula dominicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Amphibulimidae
Genus: Amphibulima
Lamarck, 1805[1]
Type species
Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphibulia Rafinesque, 1815 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)
  • Amphibulima (Amphibulima) Lamarck, 1805 · alternate representation
  • Amphibulimus Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)

Amphibulima is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.[3][2]

Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.[4]

(Original description in French) The univalve shell, oval to oval-conical in shape, features an entire aperture longer than wide. The outer lip of the aperture is sharp, non-reflected, ascending onto and merging seamlessly with the columella, which lacks folds. An operculum is absent. [5]

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