Amphidromus adamsii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.

Amphidromus adamsii
a live Amphidromus adamsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. adamsii
Binomial name
Amphidromus adamsii
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Amphidromus adamsi (Reeve, 1848) (misspelling of species name)
  • Bulimus adamsii Reeve, 1848 (original combination)

The variety Amphidromus adamsii var. obliquatus E. von Martens, 1903 is a taxon inquirendum,(use in recent literature currently undocumented)

Distribution

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The type species was found in Borneo.

References

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  • Adams, A. (1848). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 2: 223-532