''Amphibulima'' is a

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land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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Amphibulimidae Amphibulimidae is a taxonomic family of land snails, semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfami ...

.Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". ''

Basteria ''Basteria'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Netherlands Malacological Society, covering research on molluscs. It was established in 1936 and is now published mostly in English. Since 2000, the editor-in-chief has b ...

'' 74(1-3): 25-31. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870090 on 2022-07-10 ''Amphibulima'' is the type genus of the subfamily

Amphibuliminae Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBas ...

Species

Species in the genus ''Amphibulima'' include: * ''

Amphibulima browni ''Amphibulima browni'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. This rare tropical land snail is endemic to the West Indian island of Dominica. The snail has been seen on ...

'' Pilsbry, 1899 - endemic to

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 * ''

Amphibulima cucullata ''Amphibulima'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within th ...

'' Lamarck, 1805 * ''

Amphibulima pardalina ''Amphibulima pardalina'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. Distribution ''Amphibulima pardalina'' is endemic to Dominica. The type locality is Mount Kuliabon and ...

'' Guppy, 1868 - endemic to Dominica * ''

Amphibulima patula ''Amphibulima patula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. Subspecies Subspecies of ''Amphibulima patula'' include: * ''Amphibulima patula patula'' (Bruguière, 1792 ...

'' (Bruguière, 1792) ** ''Amphibulima patula patula'' (Bruguière, 1792) ** ''Amphibulima patula dominicensis'' Pilsbry, 1899 - endemic to Dominica * ''

Amphibulima rawsonis ''Amphibulima'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within ...

'' Bland, 1876 * ''

Amphibulima tigrina ''Amphibulima'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.Breure A. S. H., Groenenberg D. S. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2010). "New insights in the phylogenetic relations within th ...

'' (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 ''Omalonyx unguis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. Distribution The distribution of ''Omalonyx unguis'' includes: * Argentina *Brazil *Paraguay ...

'' (d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior synonym) * ''Amphibulima imbricata'' Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of ''

Hyalimax imbricatus ''Hyalimax'' is a genus of small, air-breathing, land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. This genus has no external shell, but it has an almost flat internal shell plate. Species Speci ...

'' (Rochebrune, 1882) (original combination) * ''Amphibulima rubescens'' (Deshayes, 1830) - endemic to Martinique: synonym of ''

Rhodonyx rubescens ''Rhodonyx rubescens'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (Deshayes, 1830) * ''Amphibulima succinea'' Lamarck, 1805: synonym of ''

Succinea putris ''Succinea putris'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. Description The 10-17 (27) x 6-8 mm has 3-4 whorls. These are relatively flat and with shallow sutures. The body whorl is ma ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: unjustified replacement Comparison of species of ''Amphibulima'':

References

* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017

External links

Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1805). Sur l'Amphibulime. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 6: 303-306

Guppy, R. J. L. (1868). On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 1: 429-442
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