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''Amphicyclotulus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of tropical
land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
s with
gill A gill () is a respiration organ, respiratory organ that many aquatic ecosystem, aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow r ...
s and an operculum,
terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...
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 ...
mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family
Neocyclotidae Neocyclotidae is a family (biology), family of tropical land snails with gills and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa.' Taxonomy The World Register of Ma ...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphicyclotulus Kobelt, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996590 on 2025-03-16


Species

Species within the genus ''Amphicyclotulus'' include: * ''
Amphicyclotulus amethystinus ''Amphicyclotulus amethystinus'' is a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Neocyclotidae. Shell description The gastropod shell, s ...
'' (Guppy, 1868) * '' Amphicyclotulus beauianus'' (Petit, 1853) * '' Amphicyclotulus dominicensis'' Bartsch, 1942 * ''
Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis ''Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis'' was a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. Distribution This species was at the moment of discovery still endemic to Guadel ...
'' de la Torre, Bartsch & Morrison, 1942 * '' Amphicyclotulus martinicensis'' (Shuttleworth, 1857) * '' Amphicyclotulus mineri'' Bartsch, 1942 * '' Amphicyclotulus perplexus'' de la Torre, Bartsch & Morrison, 1942 * '' Amphicyclotulus portoricensis'' (O. Boettger, 1887) * '' Amphicyclotulus rufescens'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) * '' Amphicyclotulus schrammi'' (Shuttleworth, 1857) ;Synonyms: * ''Amphicyclotulus acutiliratus'' (Drouët, 1859): synonym of '' Amphicyclotulus rufescens'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) (junior subjective synonym) * ''Amphicyclotulus liratus'' Droüet, 1859:Bouchet, P. (1996). ''Amphicyclotulus liratus''. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. . Downloaded on 25 March 2010. synonym of '' Amphicyclotulus martinicensis'' (Shuttleworth, 1857) (junior subjective synonym)


See also

* ''
Amphicyclotus ''Amphicyclotus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocro ...
'' is a different genus in the same family Neocyclotidae.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4748241 Neocyclotidae Gastropod genera