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Amphidromus pictus

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Species of gastropod

Amphidromus pictus
Two cone shaped, spiralling shells. The one on the left is brown, with an orange stripe near the opening, and tan stripes near the tip.
Amphidromus pictus, pictured left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species: A. pictus
Binomial name
Amphidromus pictus
Fulton, 1896

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

Description

The inside of its shell is brown and the outside is a grey green but both inside and out have horizontal and vertical yellow stripes. It is around 3cm long.

Distribution

It is found in Borneo.

References

  1. ^ Wong, K. M.; Phillipps, Anthea (1996). Kinabalu, Summit of Borneo. Sabah Society. p. 287. ISBN 978-967-99947-4-2.
  2. "Amphidromus pictus Fulton, 1896". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.

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Taxon identifiers
Amphidromus pictus


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