Amphibulima
| Amphibulima | |
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| A live individual of Amphibulima patula dominicensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Amphibulima is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.[3][2]
Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.[4]
Description
[edit](Original description in French) The univalve shell, oval to oval-conical in shape, features an entire aperture longer than wide. The outer lip of the aperture is sharp, non-reflected, ascending onto and merging seamlessly with the columella, which lacks folds. An operculum is absent. [5]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Amphibulima include:
- Amphibulima browni Pilsbry, 1899 – endemic to Dominica[6]
- Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805
- Amphibulima pardalina Guppy, 1868 – endemic to Dominica[6]
- Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792)
- Amphibulima rawsonis Bland, 1876
- Amphibulima tigrina (Lesueur in Férussac, 1821)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Amphibulima depressa (Rang, 1834) accepted as Pellicula depressa (Rang, 1834) (superseded combination)
- Amphibulima felina Guppy, 1873 accepted as Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior synonym)
- Amphibulima imbricata Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of Hyalimax imbricatus (Rochebrune, 1882) (original combination)
- Amphibulima rubescens (Deshayes, 1830) – endemic to Martinique:[6] synonym of Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830)
- Amphibulima succinea Lamarck, 1805: synonym of Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: unjustified replacement
Comparison of species of Amphibulima:
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References
[edit]- ↑ Lamarck J. B. P. A. (1805). "Sur l’Amphibulime". Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6: 303–306, pl. 55. page 304.
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870090 on 10 July 2022
- ↑ Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". Basteria 74(1–3): 25–31.
- ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Lamarck, J-B de (1805). "Sur l'Amphibulime". Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 304. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 3 Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017
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