Amphidromus sinistralis

Amphidromus sinistralis, common name the sinistral bulimus, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Amphidromus sinistralis luteus (E. von Martens, 1867)
• Amphidromus sinistralis roseus Fulton, 1896
• Amphidromus sinistralis sinistralis (Reeve, 1849)

Amphidromus sinistralis
A shell of Amphidromus sinistralis roseus (lectotype at Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. sinistralis
Binomial name
Amphidromus sinistralis (Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms
Amphidromus (Syndromus) sinistralis (Reeve, 1849) alternative representation Bulimus sinistralis Reeve, 1849 superseded combination

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.3 mm, its diameter 18.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat acuminately oblong and rather thick, exhibiting a sinistral coiling and being scarcely umbilicated. It comprises seven whorls that appear somewhat rounded and obliquely striated. The columella is reflected, and the aperture is rather small with a reflected outer lip. The shell displays a yellow base color marbled with olive-green, while the interior of the aperture is a very dark brown, and the lip is white.^[2]

Distribution

The type species was found in Java and Sulawesi, Indonesia.