List of Amphidromus species

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There are over 270 species within the land snail genus Amphidromus..[1][2] The precise number is subject to change due to ongoing taxonomic revisions

These species used to be divided into three subgenera:,[3] They are all accepted as an alternate representation

  • subgenus Amphidromus Albers, 1850
  • subgenus Goniodromus Bülow, 1905: The shell closely resembles that of Amphidromus, differing primarily in the aperture: rather than being uniformly rounded, the extension of the columella forms an angular spout with the anterior lip, analogous to the siphonal canal found in marine gastropods. [4]
  • subgenus Syndromus Pilsbry, 1900:[5] all species of the subgenus Syndromus are sinistral with two exceptions: amphidromine Amphidromus glaucolarynx and dextral Amphidromus kuehni.[6]

- This is the only dextral species in the subgenus Syndromus.[6]

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