''Amphidromus givenchyi'' is a
species
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of air-breathing
land snail, a
terrestrial
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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 or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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in the family
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora.
Thes ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphidromus givenchyi Geret, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998163 on 2020-05-17]
Distribution
Distribution of include
Ubon Ratchathani Province and
Kalasin Province
Kalasin ( th, กาฬสินธุ์, ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), located in upper northeastern Thailand, also called Isan. The province was established by the Act Establishing Changwat Kalasin, BE 2490 (194 ...
in
Thailand
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and
Luang Prabang Province,
Savannakhet Province and
Salavan Province in
Laos.
References
* Thach N.N. (2017). New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails. 48HrBooks Company. 128 pp.
* Thach N.N. (2019). On differences between Amphidromus richgoldbergi Thach & Huber, 2017 and Amphidromus givenchi Geret, 1912. American Conchologist. 47(3): 14-15
External links
Geret, P. (1912). Description ďun nouvel Amphidromus. Journal de Conchyliologie. 60: 55–56
givenchyi
Gastropods described in 1912
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