''Amphidromus porcellanus'' is a

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of air-breathing land snail, a

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pulmonate gastropod

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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 ...

Amphidromus porcellanus reproductive system

The anatomy of this species was described by

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in 1898.

Wiegmann C. A. F. (1898). "Landmollusken (Stylommatophoren)". ''Zootomischer Teil. Abhl. Sencken. Naturf. Gesell.'' 24(3)
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porcellanus Gastropods described in 1848 {{Camaenidae-stub