Amphidromus hejingi

Amphidromus hejingi
Shell of Amphidromus hejingi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. hejingi
Binomial name
Amphidromus hejingi
Thach, 2019

Amphidromus hejingi is a species of medium-sized air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Amphidromus hejingi arlinicoi Thach, 2020
  • Amphidromus hejingi hejingi Thach, 2019

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.2 mm.

Habitat

This species lives in trees.

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Vietnam

References

  • Thach, NN (2019). "Amphidromus jonabbletti and Amphidromus hejingi, two new species of Amphidromus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Camaenidae) from Vietnam". Gloria Maris. 58 (1): 104.
  • Thach, N.N. (2020). New shells of South Asia. Volume 2. Seashells*Freshwater*Land snails. With one New Genus and 140 New Species & Subspecies, Reply to comments made in error. Akron, Ohio: 8HRBooks Company. pp. 56–57.