Amphidromus costifer

Amphidromus costifer is a species of large-sized air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Amphidromus costifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Amphidromus
Species:	A. costifer
Binomial name
Amphidromus costifer Smith, 1893

Subspecies

• Amphidromus costifer costifer E. A. Smith, 1893
• Amphidromus costifer gemmalimae Thach, 2020

Description

A large and thick Amphidromus species with strong growth lines. The holotype is 46.5 mm in height, and 29.0 mm in width.

Distribution

The type locality is Annam in Central Vietnam.

References

• Schileyko, A. A. (2011). Check-list of land pulmonate molluscs of Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ruthenica. 21 (1): 1-68.

External links

• Smith, E. A. (1893). Descriptions of six new species of land-shells from Annam. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1: 10-13