Amphidromus roeseleri
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| Amphidromus roeseleri | |
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| Shell of Amphidromus roeseleri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. roeseleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus roeseleri Möllendorff, 1894 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amphidromus bilatanensis Bartsch, 1917 | |
Amphidromus roeseleri is a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 47 mm, its diameter 27 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The sinistral shell is semi-obtectly perforate (partially covering the opening), presenting an ovate-conical shape and a solid structure. Its surface appears transversely slightly striatulate (with fine grooves) and is decussated (criss-crossed) by very fine and close-set but very distinct spiral lines, giving it a silky, white appearance. The spire is moderately elongate with somewhat convex sides and a blunt apex. The shell contains six moderately convex whorls. The body whorl reaches almost the middle height of the shell. The aperture lies moderately oblique and has a somewhat ear-shaped form. The peristome appears rather broadly expanded, white-lipped, and somewhat reflected. The columella is straight and striated, forming a somewhat distinct angle with the basal margin, and is very callous (thickened), dilated (widened), and revolute (turned back) above, almost covering the perforation.[2]
