Amphidromus capistratus
| Amphidromus capistratus | |
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| Shell of Amphidromus capistratus (holotype) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Amphidromus |
| Species: | A. capistratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphidromus capistratus E. von Martens, 1903
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Amphidromus capistratus is a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Amphidromus capistratus capistratus E. von Martens, 1903
- Amphidromus capistratus chuai J. Parsons, 2018
Description
The length of this sinister shell varies between 39 mm and 47 mm, its diameter between 23 mm and 25.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is fusiform ovate. It is yellow, with a rather narrow white sutural band, and an olive-green basal band on the body whorl, and streaks of the same color behind the aperture, both angularly joined. The aperture's height nearly equals the shell's length.[2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Eastern Borneo.
References
- ^ Amphidromus capistratus E. von Martens, 1903. 12 April 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Martens, E. von (1903). "). Land- und Süsswasser-Conchylien von Ost-Borneo". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 903 (8): 424. Retrieved 12 April 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.