Amphicyclotulus perplexus
Species of gastropod
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Amphicyclotulus perplexus is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Neocyclotidae.[2]
| Amphicyclotulus perplexus | |
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| Shell of Amphicyclotulus perplexus (holotype at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Neocyclotidae |
| Genus: | Amphicyclotulus |
| Species: | A. perplexus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphicyclotulus perplexus | |
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Amphicyclotulus (Amphicyclotulus) perplexus Bartsch, 1942 alternative representation | |
This land snail species is vulnerable to the possibility of extinction.
Description
The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 11.5 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the island of Guadeloupe, West Indies.
