Amphibulima is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.
Amphibulima is the type genus of the subfamily Amphibuliminae.
Species
Species in the genus Amphibulima include: Amphibulima browni Pilsbry, 1899 - endemic to Dominica Amphibulima cucullata Lamarck, 1805 Amphibulima pardalina Guppy, 1868 - endemic to Dominica Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792) Amphibulima patula patula (Bruguière, 1792) Amphibulima patula dominicensis Pilsbry, 1899 - endemic to Dominica 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Amphibulima depressa (Rang, 1834) accepted as Pellicula depressa (Rang, 1834) (superseded combination) Amphibulima felina Guppy, 1873 accepted as Omalonyx unguis (d'Orbigny, 1836) (junior synonym) Amphibulima imbricata Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of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: July 16th, 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