Amphidromus porcellanus
Amphidromus porcellanus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
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Reproductive system of Amphidromus porcellanus shows main characteristics of genus Amphidromus: long receptaculum seminis, and short penis with low insertion of retractor muscle. (See notes on the image.)
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The jaw of the genus Amphidromus is thin and weak with low flat ribs as it is seen on this jaw of Amphidromus porcellanus.
Amphidromus porcellanus | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Subfamily: | Camaeninae |
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Subgenus: | Syndromus |
Species: | A. porcellanus |
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Amphidromus porcellanus (Mousson, 1848) | |
The anatomy of this species was described by Carl Arend Friedrich Wiegmann in 1898.[1]
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