Amphidromus sinensis

Amphidromus sinensis
Shell of Amphidromus sinensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Amphidromus
Species:
A. sinensis
Binomial name
Amphidromus sinensis
(W. H. Benson, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus sinensis W. H. Benson, 1851 (original combination)
  • Bulimus {Amphidromis) sinensis Pfeiffer, 1856

Amphidromus sinensis is a species of air-breathing, arboreal land snails in the family Camaenidae.

Subspecies
  • Amphidromus sinensis gracilis Fulton, 1896
A very narrow, solid form ; pale yellow with two purple-brown bands at lower part of the body whorl; the third and fourth whorls encircled with four rows of light brown spots. The outer lip and the columella are thickened and expanded.
  • Amphidromus sinensis sinensis (W. H. Benson, 1851)
  • Amphidromus sinensis vicaria Fulton, 1896
Synonyms
  • Amphidromus sinensis qimingi J. He & Q.-H. Zhou, 2017 accepted as Aegistohadra qimingi (J. He & Q.-H. Zhou, 2017)
  • Amphidromus sinensis var. globosa Nevill, 1878 (nomen nudum)
  • Amphidromus sinensis var. gracilis Fulton, 1896 accepted as Amphidromus sinensis gracilis Fulton, 1896 (superseded rank)
  • Amphidromus sinensis var. indistinctus Pilsbry, 1900 accepted as Amphidromus flavus (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Amphidromus sinensis var. vicaria Fulton, 1896 accepted as Amphidromus sinensis vicaria Fulton, 1896 (basionym)