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Amphidromus heinrichhuberi

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Amphidromus heinrichhuberi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. heinrichhuberi
Binomial name
Amphidromus heinrichhuberi
Thach & F. Huber, 2016

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

Morphology

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This species is easy to be distinguished from other Amphidromus species by the large adult size, presence of a prominent ridge bordering siphonal fasciole and unique yellow and green periostracum.[2]

Distribution

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The type locality is Lâm Đồng Province in south Vietnam.[2]

Etymology

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This species is named after Heinrich Huber, father of the second author, Franz Huber, who provided the type material.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphidromus heinrichhuberi Thach & F. Huber, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. ^ a b c Thạch, Nguyễn Ngọc. Vietnamese new mollusks : seashells, landsnails, cephalopods : with 59 new species. Akron, Ohio. pp. 65, 66. ISBN 0578182246. OCLC 964521979.