Amphidromus flavus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[2]

Amphidromus flavus
a live Amphidromus flavus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. flavus
Binomial name
Amphidromus flavus
(Pfeiffer, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphidromus (Syndromus) flavus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Amphidromus flavus var. proxima Fulton, 1896
  • Amphidromus fultoniana Laidlaw, 1930 (junior synonym)
  • Amphidromus sinensis var. indistinctus Pilsbry, 1900
  • Amphidromus truongkhoai Thach, 2018 (junior synonym)
  • Amphidromus xiengensis var. tryoni Pilsbry, 1900
  • Bulimus flavus Pfeiffer, 1861
  • Syndromus flavus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)

Distribution

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Distribution of Amphidromus areolatus include Vientiane Province and Luang Prabang Province in Laos, Thailand and Cambodia.[1]

Description

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Reproductive system of Amphidromus flavus.

References

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  1. ^ a b Inkhavilay, Khamla; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Panha, Somsak (2017-06-13). "Taxonomic review of the tree snail genus Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) in Laos, with the description of two new species". European Journal of Taxonomy (330). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.330. ISSN 2118-9773. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphidromus flavus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998174 on 2020-05-17
  • Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp.[self-published source]
  • Maassen, W. J. M. (2001). A preliminary checklist of the non-marine molluscs of West-Malaysia: "a Hand List". De Kreukel, Extra Editie 2001. 1–155. page(s): 118
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