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Amphibulima
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amphibulima is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.[3][2]
Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.[4]
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Description
(Original description in French) The univalve shell, oval to oval-conical in shape, features an entire aperture longer than wide. The outer lip of the aperture is sharp, non-reflected, ascending onto and merging seamlessly with the columella, which lacks folds. An operculum is absent. [5]
Species
Species in the genus Amphibulima include:
- Amphibulima browni Pilsbry, 1899 – endemic to Dominica[6]
- Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805
- Amphibulima pardalina Guppy, 1868 – endemic to Dominica[6]
- Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792)
- Amphibulima rawsonis Bland, 1876
- Amphibulima tigrina (Lesueur in Férussac, 1821)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Amphibulima depressa (Rang, 1834) accepted as Pellicula depressa (Rang, 1834) (superseded combination)
- Amphibulima felina Guppy, 1873 accepted as Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior synonym)
- Amphibulima imbricata Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of Hyalimax imbricatus (Rochebrune, 1882) (original combination)
- Amphibulima rubescens (Deshayes, 1830) – endemic to Martinique:[6] synonym of Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830)
- Amphibulima succinea Lamarck, 1805: synonym of Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: unjustified replacement
Comparison of species of Amphibulima:
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