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 the Orthalicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) based on 28S sequence data". Basteria 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 10 July 2022
Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.
Description (Original description in French) The univalve shell, oval to oval-conical in shape, features an entire aperture longer than wide. The outer lip of the aperture is sharp, non-reflected, ascending onto and merging seamlessly with the columella, which lacks folds. An operculum is absent.
Species Species in the genus Amphibulima include: Amphibulima browni Pilsbry, 1899 – endemic to DominicaRobinson 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 Lamarck, 1805 Amphibulima pardalina Guppy, 1868 – endemic to Dominica Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792) Amphibulima rawsonis Bland, 1876 Amphibulima tigrina (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Species brought into synonymy Amphibulima depressa (Rang, 1834) accepted as Pellicula depressa (Rang, 1834) (superseded combination) Amphibulima felina Guppy, 1873 accepted as Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior synonym) Amphibulima imbricata Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of Hyalimax imbricatus (Rochebrune, 1882) (original combination) Amphibulima rubescens (Deshayes, 1830) – endemic to Martinique: synonym of Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830) Amphibulima succinea Lamarck, 1805: synonym of Succinea putris (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: 16 July 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