''Amphidromus roseolabiatus'' is a

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

in the family

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Distribution

Distribution of ''Amphidromus roseolabiatus'' includes central and northern

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

, Nan Province in

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and

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Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. Found in Karimganj District, Bazaricherra, Assam, India.

Description

The shell measures in height and in width. (Original description) The sinistral shell is ovate-conic, moderately umbilicate, and relatively solid. It consists of 6.75 slightly convex

whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). In nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral diagra ...

s, with a barely discernible peripheral angulation. The upper whorls are white, transitioning to pale lemon on the lower whorls, which are marked by close-set, oblique light green lines. The shell exhibits spiral striations. The outer

lip The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans. Mammal lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the ingestion of food (e.g. sucklin ...

and the

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are pink and expanded, with the lip slightly reflected. The

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's interior is white. (Redescription) The shell is medium in size. It exhibits chirality dimorphism, and presents an elongate to ovate conical shape that is rather thin and glossy. The

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appears conical; the

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is acute and light brown, lacking a black spot on its tip. Comprising six to seven nearly smooth whorls, the shell displays a wide and depressed suture, and the

body whorl The body whorl is part of the morphology (biology), morphology of the gastropod shell, shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk ...

is rounded. The

periostracum The periostracum ( ) is a thin, organic coating (or "skin") that is the outermost layer of the shell of many shelled animals, including molluscs and brachiopods. Among molluscs, it is primarily seen in snails and clams, i.e. in gastropods an ...

is usually deciduous, sometimes showing yellowish-green radial streaks that appear more conspicuous on the body whorl and faded on earlier whorls. The body whorl features a thin, whitish subsutural band and may or may not have a reddish-brown spiral band on the periphery, though this band usually does not reach the apertural

; a

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is absent. The parietal

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is thin and transparent. The

is ovate to elongate; the

peristome Peristome (from the Greek language, Greek ''peri'', meaning 'around' or 'about', and ''stoma'', 'mouth') is an anatomical feature that surrounds an opening to an organ or structure. Some plants, fungi, and shelled gastropods have peristomes. In mo ...

is expanded and not reflected; the lip is usually purplish-pink. The

is straight, thickened, and purplish-pink. The umbilicus is narrowly opened. Amphidromus roseolabiatus reproductive system

References

* Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp. * Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp. * Thach N.N. (2020). Remarks on Amphidromus reflexilabris Schepman, 1892, Amphidromus roseolabiatus Fulton, 1896, Amphidromus anhduongae Thach, 2020 and correction of errors in “New Shells of South Asia, Volume 2”. The Festivus. 52(4): 359-362.

External links

* * * roseolabiatus Gastropods of Asia Invertebrates of Southeast Asia Gastropods described in 1896 {{Camaenidae-stub