List of Amphidromus species

There are over 270 species within the land snail genus Amphidromus.. The precise number is subject to change due to ongoing taxonomic revisions

These species used to be divided into three subgenera:, They are all accepted as an alternate representation

  • subgenus Amphidromus Albers, 1850
  • subgenus Goniodromus Bülow, 1905: The shell closely resembles that of Amphidromus, differing primarily in the aperture: rather than being uniformly rounded, the extension of the columella forms an angular spout with the anterior lip, analogous to the siphonal canal found in marine gastropods.
  • subgenus Syndromus Pilsbry, 1900: all species of the subgenus Syndromus are sinistral with two exceptions: amphidromine Amphidromus glaucolarynx and dextral Amphidromus kuehni.

- This is the only dextral species in the subgenus Syndromus.

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