''Amphibulima'' is a

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of air-breathing

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s, a

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s in the family

Amphibulimidae Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis wit ...

.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 ''Basteria'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Netherlands Malacological Society, covering research on molluscs. It was established in 1936 and is now published mostly in English. The editor-in-chief is Ruud Bank. A ...

'' 74(1–3): 25–31.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 ''Amphibulima'' is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.

Description

(Original description in French) The univalve shell, oval to oval-conical in shape, features an entire

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longer than wide. The outer

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of the

is sharp, non-reflected, ascending onto and merging seamlessly with the

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, which lacks folds. An operculum is absent.

Species

Species in the genus ''Amphibulima'' include: * '' Amphibulima browni'' Pilsbry, 1899 – endemic to

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

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 * '' Amphibulima cucullata'' Lamarck, 1805 * '' Amphibulima pardalina'' Guppy, 1868 – endemic to Dominica * '' 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 In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...

) * ''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: synonym of '' Rhodonyx rubescens'' (Deshayes, 1830) * ''Amphibulima succinea'' Lamarck, 1805: synonym of ''

Succinea putris ''Succinea putris'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family (biology), family Succineidae, the amber snails. Description The 10-17 (27) x 6-8 mm shell has 3-4 whorls. These are relatively flat and with shallow sutur ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: unjustified replacement Comparison of species of ''Amphibulima'':

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

External links

Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1805). Sur l'Amphibulime. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 303–306

Guppy, R. J. L. (1868). On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 1: 429–442
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