Amphidromus leucoxanthus
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| Amphidromus leucoxanthus | |
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| Live specimen of Amphidromus leucoxanthus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. leucoxanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus leucoxanthus (E. von Martens, 1864) | |
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Amphidromus leucoxanthus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 49.5 mm, its diameter 28.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is conico-elongate, exhibiting a slightly finely striated and glossy surface. It presents a lemon-yellow coloration and is painted with a broad white sutural band. Solitary brownish-black varices mark its surface, and the apex appears white. The shell comprises seven rather convex whorls with an appressed suture. The aperture is rounded and occupies two-fifths to one-half of the shell's length, lying somewhat vertically. The peristome is thickened, white, and shortly expanded, featuring a white parietal callus. The columellar margin is straight and somewhat perpendicular.[2]
