Amphidromus maculiferus
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| Amphidromus maculiferus | |
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| Shell of Amphidromus maculiferus maculiferus (lectotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. maculiferus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus maculiferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) | |
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Amphidromus maculiferus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Amphidromus maculiferus apoensis Bartsch, 1917
- Amphidromus maculiferus maculiferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
- Amphidromus maculiferus malindangensis Bartsch, 1917
The length of the shell attains 63.5 mm, its diameter 28.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is usually sinistral and elongate-pyramidal. It comprises six somewhat ventricose (swollen) whorls, with the body whorl appearing much the largest. The surface exhibits oblique longitudinal striations formed by growth lines. The aperture presents an ovate shape, and the outer lip appears somewhat outwardly spreading, reflected, and is white.[2]
Distribution
The type species was found on Mindanao Island, the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia.
