Amphidromus mouhoti is a species of medium-sized air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Amphidromus mouhoti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. mouhoti
Binomial name
Amphidromus mouhoti
Pfeiffer, 1861
Synonyms
  • Amphidromus (Syndromus) setzeri Thach, 2015
  • Amphidromus renkeri Thach, 2018
  • Amphidromus setzeri Thach, 2015
  • Bulimus mouhoti L. Pfeiffer, 1861

Description

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The length of the shell attains 34 mm, its diameter 14 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The sinistral shell is somewhat perforate, presenting an oblong-conical shape and a thin structure. Its surface appears very finely striatulate and slightly glossy, displaying a yellow base color that is painted with close-set thread-like green streaks. The spire rises in an elongate-conical form, featuring a somewhat acute, reddish apex. The shell contains seven scarcely convex whorls. The upper ones are sometimes brown-checkered, while the body whorl almost equals two-thirds of the shell's length, appearing somewhat angled in the middle and tapering and somewhat compressed at the base. The columella is slightly thickened and twisted, exhibiting a pale lilac hue. The aperture lies obliquely and has a semi-oval form, appearing somewhat effuse at the base. The peristome is thin and expanded, displaying a lilac-pink color. [2]

Habitat

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The species' habitat is mostly in trees.[3]

Distribution

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The species can be found in Thailand and in parts around Đồng Nai Province, South Vietnam.[3]

References

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  1. "Amphidromus mouhoti". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. Pfeiffer, L. (1861). "Descriptions of new land-shells, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 29 (12–13): 194. Retrieved 10 May 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 1 2 Thach, Nguyen Ngoc (2017). New shells of southeast Asia : sea shells & land snails : with 2 new genera and 85 new species. Akron, Ohio. p. 46. ISBN 9780578194325. OCLC 1002065968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Schileyko, A. A. (2011). Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ruthenica. 21(1): 1-68.
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