Amphibulima is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.[3][2]

Amphibulima
A live individual of Amphibulima patula dominicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Amphibulimidae
Genus: Amphibulima
Lamarck, 1805[1]
Type species
Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphibulia Rafinesque, 1815 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)
  • Amphibulima (Amphibulima) Lamarck, 1805 · alternate representation
  • Amphibulimus Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Amphibulima Lamarck, 1805)

Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.[4]

Species edit

Species in the genus Amphibulima include:

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  • Amphibulima depressa (Rang, 1834) accepted as Pellicula depressa (Rang, 1834) (superseded combination)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:[5] synonym of Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830)
  • Amphibulima succinea Lamarck, 1805: synonym of Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758) (invalid: unjustified replacement

Comparison of species of Amphibulima:

 
Amphibulima pardalina
 
Amphibulima patula dominicensis

References edit

  1. ^ Lamarck J. B. P. A. (1805). "Sur l’Amphibulime". Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6: 303-306, pl. 55. page 304.
  2. ^ a b 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 2022-07-10
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. ^ a b c d Robinson 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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