Amphidromus lepidus

Amphidromus lepidus is a species of air-breathing, arboreal land snails in the family Camaenidae. ^[1]

Amphidromus lepidus
Shell of Amphidromus lepidus (syntype at Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. lepidus
Binomial name
Amphidromus lepidus (Gould, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
Bulimus lepidus A. Gould, 1856 superseded combination

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar.

Description

The height of the shell attains 22.5 mm, its diameter 12.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This small shell, predominantly sinistral, is nearly imperforate, ovate-conical, elevated, and polished. It displays a lemon-yellow hue. It comprises six convex whorls, with the body whorl being ventricose. The suture is well-defined. The aperture is subcircular. The peristome is white, reflexed, and dilated at the columella, with closely positioned extremities.^[2]